By Associated Press - Friday, May 15, 2015

NEW YORK (AP) - An 89-year-old man has been hit by a car and killed while crossing a street on Manhattan’s East Side.

Police say John Torson was hit while crossing East 61st Street at 7:19 p.m. Thursday.

He was struck by a car that was making a left turn from First Avenue.

Torson was taken to New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

The driver of the car has not been arrested. The investigation is continuing.

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