Man on scooter hit, killed by driver fleeing traffic stop in Harlem: NYPD

HARLEM - A man on a scooter was struck and killed by a driver fleeing a traffic stop in Harlem Saturday night, police said.

It happened at 10:45 p.m. at West 155th Street and St Nicholas Avenue.

According to highway patrol investigators, a man in a blue Toyota minivan was driving eastbound on West 155th Street at a high speed fleeing a car stop on 152 and Broadway when the van struck a scooter. 

Police said the minivan sped off later. 

The man on the scooter was taken to Harlem Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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