NYPD investigating after man struck, killed in suspected hit-and-run crash in Brooklyn
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A pedestrian was struck and killed in Brooklyn early Thursday morning.
Police say the victim was found just before 3:10 a.m. at the intersection of Bedford Avenue and Kosciusko Street.
The victim, identified as Felix Mendez, 49, of Lafayette Avenue, was pronounced dead at Methodist Hospital, police said.
According to the NYPD, no witnesses reported what happened, and detectives are investigating the man's death as a suspected hit-and-run.
Employees at businesses along Bedford Avenue tell Eyewitness News they saw the area taped off when they got to work in the morning. One person said this is the second time an incident like this happened in the area in the last few weeks.
Authorities are canvassing the neighborhood for surveillance cameras to determine what happened.
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