An unidentified man in his 40s was struck and killed after lying down on a street in Richmond Hill on the night of Wednesday, Oct. 22, according to authorities.

The pedestrian was crossing 130th Street at mid-block from east to west about 50 feet south of 90th Avenue just before 11 p.m. when he stopped walking and laid down in the northbound lane, a police spokeswoman said Friday.

Further investigation by the NYPD’s Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad determined that a 30-year-old woman was driving a 2005 blue Honda Accord northbound on 130th Street when she struck the man, who was still lying on the roadway.

Police from the 102nd Precinct in Richmond Hill responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian and found him on the street. EMS rushed

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