Police searching for hit-and-run Bronx driver who killed Jermaine Elliot 2 blocks from his home

A 26-year-old New York City man died after being struck by a box truck in the Bronx early this morning.

Police said Jermaine Eliot was crossing Barnes Avenue and East 233^rd Street in the Wakefield section of the Bronx around 4:45 a.m. Tuesday, when a white box truck hit him then continued driving.

Eliot’s body was discovered by officers, who rushed him to Jacobi Hospital, where he later died.

No arrest has been made.