Hit-and-run driver strikes, kills NYC resident near Times Square

MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- A 58-year-old man was fatally struck by a white box truck in a hit and run in Midtown Manhattan Thursday night.

The neighborhood resident was crossing 41st Street and 8th Avenue when he was hit just before 9 p.m.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police are looking for a white box truck that did not remain at the scene.

The driver may not have known the pedestrian was struck

No arrests have been made.

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