QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) – An NYPD marked vehicle fatally ‘collided’ with an unidentified man lying in the middle of the road in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park on Saturday evening, police said.

Authorities say the officer was driving in the park at a speed of 10 miles per hour when she ran over a man. The incident happened at around 4:39 p.m., authorities said.

Emergency Medical Services responded and transported the man to a local hospital. He was later pronounced dead by hospital staff, authorities said.

The NYPD Collision Investigation Squad is currently conducting a full investigation.

The man's name has not been released.

Other details were not immediately available.

Matthew Euzarraga is a multimedia journalist from El Paso, Texas. He has covered local news and LGBTQIA topics in the N

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