A Roosevelt truck driver was killed by his own truck on the Long Island Expressway in North Hills on Tuesday, police said Wednesday.
A Nassau County police medic pronounced Frederick E. Johnson dead at 8:45 p.m. April 19 after a highway patrol officer found him pinned under his 2013 tractor-trailer on the westbound shoulder of the L.I.E. between the Community Drive and New Hyde Park Road exits, police said.
The highway patrol officer saw Johnson’s truck parked on the shoulder while on patrol and found him unresponsive underneath it, police said.
After a brake and safety check, police determined the truck suddenly moved forward and pinned Johnson, 54, underneath it, police said.
Police detectives reported there was no criminality related to the incident. Police said an investigation is ongoing.
