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07/10/2012 02:50 PM

Driver Fatally Strikes Worker On Grand Central Parkway

By: NY1 News

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A driver was taken into custody Tuesday morning after police say he hit and killed a road worker in Queens.

According to the New York City Police Department, the 26-year-old driver was heading westbound on the Grand Central Parkway near Jewel Avenue around 11 a.m. when he hit a worker who was in the left lane.

Emergency responders pronounced the victim dead at the scene.

Police say the accident is being investigated by the NYPD's highway patrol.