Hicksville Postal Worker Dies in Truck Accident

By Timothy Bolger Posted on October 9, 2014

A 56-year-old mechanic for the U.S. Post Office died after a colleague started driving the truck the victim was working underneath at a garage in Hicksville on Wednesday morning.

Nassau County police said David Zimmerly of Lindenhurst was doing repair work at the shop on Ludy Street when a second worker, unaware Zimmerly was under the truck, got in and moved it, running the victim over at 9:32 a.m.

The victim was taken to Nassau University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

The other worker, 54-year-old Jacob Kuri Jr. of Sayville, was not charged, according to Homicide Squad detectives.

The truck was placed out of service and will be re-inspected.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.