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20-Year-Old Found Dead on Prospect Expressway Shoulder, Police Say

By Leslie Albrecht | December 5, 2016 11:38am

WINDSOR TERRACE — The NYPD is investigating whether a 20-year-old man found dead on the side of the Prospect Expressway early Sunday was the victim of a hit-and-run, police said.

Ian Michaels, Jr. of East New York was found dead at 5:24 a.m. on the highway shoulder near the exit for 10th Avenue and 11th Avenue in Windsor Terrace, police said Monday.

Michaels had suffered severe injuries to his body and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The NYPD's Collision Investigation Squad was involved and the medical examiner's office was determining the cause of death.