Man still in hospital gown fatally struck on Belt Parkway

A man dressed in a Coney Island Hospital gown and with his admitting bracelets still on was fatally struck by a car when he tried to run across the Belt Parkway early Friday, authorities said. 

The 58-year-old man ended up on the westbound part of the highway near Coney Island Avenue and the Brooklyn hospital around 5:50 a.m., cops said. 

As he crossed the highway, he was struck by a passing Honda Accord sedan, police said. 

First responders converge on the scene where a hospital-gown wearing man was killed on the Belt Parkway near Coney Island Avenue.
Traffic snarls after a man dressed in a hospital gown was killed on the westbound Belt Parkway near Coney Island Avenue early Friday.
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The man was fatally struck by a passing Honda Accord, cops said.
The man was fatally struck by a passing Honda Accord, cops said.
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The man was pronounced dead at the scene. 

The driver stayed on the spot and was not charged.

The NYPD's Collision Investigation Squad responded to the scene.
The NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad responds to the scene.
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It was unclear when or how the man left the hospital. 

His identity was not immediately released. 

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