Transcript for Spare tire falls off truck, kills NYPD employee on expressway, police say

That driver killed when a tire suddenly smashed into his windshield on the go wants expressway a tire came off a private sanitation truck near exit 3 this morning we learned the 64 year old victim worked for the NYPD Eyewitness News reporter Michelle Charles were posted updates from the scene and so for me you now joining us live with the very latest Michelle. Well they just. Moments ago reopen to the outbound go want us out lanes a three lanes behind me this investigation has been stretching on for five hours because. The 64 year old driver was tragically killed in this. This is a violent crash no warning no heads up this is a spare a giant spare tire that came off of that private. The sanitation truck and went right through the windshield of a black. Route for this happened around 6:30 this morning as they said the investigation stretch on for five hours. And now the go on as outbound had just reopened. Vehicles. We're going in opposite directions when this happened. The tire apparently is there. And so big it literally comes up through the waistline of six foot tall man came off of a green private sanitation truck that was going outbound on the don't want us. Struck that black SUV going in the opposite direction it was and he filed. Hov lanes inbound the driver of that private sanitation truck. A 46 year old did stay at the scene investigators. On sites of this fatal accident that year and they are still here on the shoulder they've been here for five plus hours. The tire smashing entire front of this black SUV. Oh right on the hood and through the windshield again no heads up just a tragic accident the private sanitation truck is central Waste Services truck. Just a tragic a situation but right now I can tell you outbound lanes of the one it's just reopened. But two lanes of have been down to one lane then two now all three outbound are open we're live in bay ridge which show Charles what channel seven Eyewitness News.

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