Updated 10/08/2009 10:16 PM
Police Car Strikes, Kills Harlem Pedestrian
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An elderly man was killed Thursday afternoon after being hit by a police car in Harlem while crossing the street.
It happened around 4:30 p.m. at the intersection of West 136th Street and Broadway.
Police say Javier Santiago Jackson, 79, was crossing the street when the cruiser made a turn and hit him.
"He was on top of the car. Then the lady, she was driving it, then when they stopped then he fell," said one witness at the scene.
"She was just hysterical. She was crying, and she's going through it. It was a mistake, but she should've slowed down at the intersection," said another witness.
Jackson was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Police say the cruiser was responding to a "police officer needs assistance" call and had its lights and sirens on.
An investigation is now underway.