Separate Queens hit-and-run crashes critically injure 2 men minutes apart: police

QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) — Two men were critically injured in separate hit-and-run crashes that occurred just minutes apart and miles away Wednesday night in Queens, according to authorities.

The first collision came around 9:20 p.m. when a 62-year-old man was struck by a white U-Haul pickup truck on Borden Avenue near 21st Street in Long Island City, police said. The driver of that pickup, which investigators said was stolen, fled the scene after the crash, officials said.