Woman Struck, Killed by Garbage Truck in Manhattan: NYPD

A woman died Tuesday after she was hit by a garbage truck in Manhattan, police say.

The woman was hit as she crossed First Avenue at East 92nd Street on the Upper East Side around 4:30 p.m. 

When officers arrived, they found 55-year-old Jodi McGrath injured in the street.

Paramedics took McGrath to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's Weill Cornell Medical Center, where she later died. 

The 58-year-old driver of the garbage truck stayed at the scene.

The NYPD is investigating, but no arrests have been made.
 

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