Pedestrian struck and killed crossing Grand Central Parkway in NYC

A man was struck and killed by a car when he tried to cross the Grand Central Parkway in Queens, police said.

The deadly incident occurred late Friday, around 11:45 p.m., when the pedestrian ran across the highway and was hit in the westbound lane near Roosevelt Avenue, by a 2006 Volkswagen Jetta, cops said. The victim was found unconscious in the roadway with “severe body trauma,” police said. He was pronounced dead at New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Queens.