A New Hyde Park man was fatally injured after he suddenly stepped into traffic on Jericho Turnpike in New Hyde Park and was hit by a passing potato chip truck, Nassau County police said.

Frank Stine, 68, of Leonard Boulevard, sustained severe head trauma and was pronounced dead at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola.

Stine, who was hit at 3:18 p.m., Tuesday, “was standing on the center painted safety zone of Jericho Turnpike just east of 12th Street when he suddenly turned around and crossed southbound into the travel lane,” the police report said.

The 1988 Chevrolet truck, driven by Frank Decclesiis of Baldwin, was impounded for safety tests. No charges were filed against Decclesiis.

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