A man was struck and killed by a taxi early this morning as he attempted to cross Sixth Avenue at Watts Street. According to police, 29-year-old Dan Fellegara was "attempting to evade oncoming traffic" at around 4:30 a.m. when he fell down in the street and was "inadvertently struck" by a yellow cab. Fellegara, a Baltimore native, was transported to New York Downtown Hospital where he was pronounced dead, and the cab driver remained at the scene. No criminality is suspected, and the investigation is ongoing.
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