A Bronx man who was clipped by a city garbage truck while crossing Bruckner Boulevard has won a whopping $50.7 million verdict from a jury.

Video of the September 2021 incident shows construction foreman Darcy Bottex, in a white hat and bright orange shirt, walking back to his work site after a quick stop at a deli when the vehicle struck him in the left arm, sending him careening to the pavement.

Bottex, now 43, climbed back to his feet as the truck finished its left-hand turn, the footage showed.

“The truck was actually about to run over my foot. I pulled my leg back,” Bottex told The Post this week. “I barely escaped it. I got hit directly into my arm and shoulder, that’s why I went flying the way I did.

“My arm was instantly purple,” he added.

Two days later, Bottex began to reali

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