EAST HILLS, NY — A landscaper was found lying in the road on Thursday afternoon in East Hills, police said.
Officers responded near Planting Field Road and Old Farm Road for a report of a man in the roadway at 2:12 p.m., and the man was pronounced deceased at the scene, Nassau County police said.
The man, 35-year-old Jose Hernandez Argueta, of Mineola, was working as a landscaper when he fell off a work truck and suffered injuries, according to police.
The investigation is ongoing, police said.
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