The most recent incident happened around 6 a.m. Friday in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn, where a 57-year-old man crossing Third Avenue was struck by three cars.
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The victim was rushed to Methodist Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. All three drivers stayed at the scene.
Earlier Friday, a pedestrian was fatally struck on Manhattan's West Side by a private sanitation truck.
The victim was walking on West 49th Street when he was hit just west of 10th Avenue around 4:45 a.m.
The unidentified man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver, in a private sanitation truck operated by Classic Recycling, remained at the scene. The 61-year-old truck driver was charged with failure to yield as well as another charge.
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The crash closed several West Side streets for the morning commute.
On Thursday, an elderly man was killed after being run over by a box truck in Brooklyn.
The 85-year-old was struck on 39th Street and 3rd Ave in Sunset Park just before 5 p.m.
He was transported to Lutheran Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police say the driver of the vehicle remained on the scene.
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Also Thursday, a 26-year-old woman was struck and killed by a box truck reversing into a crosswalk in Lower Manhattan.
Police say the woman was struck on Broadway and Howard Street in SoHo around 5:30 p.m.
On Wednesday morning, a 75-year-old woman was fatally struck by car at 52nd Street near 8th Avenue in Sunset Park.
Additionally, 67-year-old Zhisheng Lin was killed around 8:30 a.m. on Sanford Avenue in Flushing where he was struck by a 69-year-old man pulling into a parking garage.
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