Man apparently sleeping on Coney Island beach killed by NYC parks truck

A man who was apparently sleeping on the beach at Coney Island was struck and killed by a New York City parks department truck early Monday, police said. The unidentified man was lying in the sand when he was hit by the parks department vehicle shortly before 3 a.m., police said.

The parks department said the truck was leaving the beach after a cleanup job and ran over the man, CBS New York reports. The driver didn't see the man, police said.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene.