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Man Killed by Reversing Flatbed Truck in Parking Lot, NYPD Says

April 11, 2017 7:48am | Updated April 11, 2017 7:48am
Hou J. Li was pronounced dead at the scene after a truck hit him, police said.
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BROOKLYN — A man was killed when a flatbed truck backed into him in a Williamsburg parking lot Monday afternoon, police said.

Hou J. Li, 63, was in a lot within Decorama, a plumbing and building company at 1233 Metropolitan Ave., near Steward Avenue, about 3 p.m. when a driver backed his 2005 GMC truck into him while trying to leave, NYPD officials said.

Li, of Coney Island, suffered severe head injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The driver, a man, 32, wasn't immediately arrested, police said.

Police are still investigating the incident.

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