A city Sanitation worker was fatally injured Saturday evening at a Department of Sanitation yard in Queens.
Richard Errico was operating a sanitation truck at the yard on Douglaston Parkway near Grand Central Parkway, when he fell out around 5:43 p.m., according to police sources.
EMS arrived at the scene and pronounced him dead, police said.
Details about what led to the fall were still unclear Saturday night.
Mayor Eric Adams and DSNY Commissioner Jessica Tisch both gave their condolences to the family of the 19-year DSNY veteran who, they said, had died in the line of duty.
“Richard kept our streets and communities safe and clear for more than 19 years, and we should all be keeping Richard and his family in our prayers,” Adams stated.
He urged New Yorkers to give thanks to the 8,000 sanitation workers like Errico across the city who woke up every day to face “difficult and physically taxing jobs.”
The DSNY Commissioner singled out neighborhoods in Queens that Errico had spent his career of almost two decades to keep clean.
He “served the people of Douglaston, Littleneck, and Bayside as one of The Strongest,” Tisch stated. “He did it proudly.”
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