Man helping a motorist trapped dead by a driver hit in Springfield Gardens, Queens

SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, Queens (WABC) – A 51-year-old man was killed by a hit-and-run driver after he stopped to help a stranded driver in Queens.

The incident happened Friday night just after 8 a.m. on the eastbound lane of the Nassau Highway in Springfield Gardens.

According to police, the victim was near his 2005 Audi sedan when she was hit.

He is looking for that driver who left his Dodge Caravan and took off on foot.

EMS responded to the location and transferred the victim to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

There are no arrests and the investigation is ongoing by the NYPD.

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