Man fatally hit by garbage truck in Brooklyn, NYPD says

A man crossing a Brooklyn street was fatally struck by a private sanitation truck Thursday night, police said.

The driver remained at the scene — E. 14th St. and Kings Highway — and was not charged, though police are still investigating the fatality.

The collision happened at 9:50 p.m. Thursday as the 58-year-old victim was crossing Kings Highway at the intersection, police said. The driver going east on Kings Highway toward E. 15th St., when he struck the victim.

Police said the victim was dragged by the truck.

Medics rushed him to Maimonides Hospital but he could not be saved.