What Happened
A worker was killed on South Oyster Bay Road in Hicksville on Sunday, September 7, 2026, after a New York City garbage truck rolled over him at a truck service facility, according to News 12 Long Island. The Hicksville Fire Department confirmed the fatality.
The victim was actively working on the garbage truck at the time it rolled, per the Hicksville Fire Department as cited by News 12. The truck belonged to New York City’s municipal fleet. The precise mechanism that caused the vehicle to roll — whether a brake failure, an unsecured parking position, or a jack or lift failure — had not been released by authorities as of the initial report.
Nassau County Police had not identified the victim by 5:08 p.m., when News 12 published its report. No age or hometown for the deceased was available at that time.
Location & Road Context
South Oyster Bay Road runs north-south through central Nassau County, passing through Hicksville and connecting to commercial and industrial corridors that serve the town’s mix of retail, warehouse, and service businesses. A service facility handling New York City Department of Sanitation trucks on that corridor indicates a municipal fleet maintenance contract, though the operator of the facility had not been named by authorities as of the initial report.
Hicksville has seen a run of serious incidents on and near its roads in recent weeks. A two-vehicle crash on August 17 took out a pedestrian signal, and a separate crash on August 8 downed a utility pole. Earlier on the morning of September 7 — the same day as the South Oyster Bay Road fatality — a woman lost control of a 2026 Hyundai on Newbridge Road at Kingston Avenue at approximately 3:30 a.m., overturning her SUV and striking three parked cars, according to a separate News 12 report.
Investigation & Legal Proceedings
Nassau County Police were on scene and leading the victim identification process as of 5:08 p.m. September 7. No charges had been filed and no cause of the rollover had been publicly stated. Workplace fatalities of this type fall under concurrent jurisdiction: Nassau County Police investigate the circumstances of the death, while the New York State Department of Labor’s Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau or the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration may open a separate investigation depending on whether the facility worker was a public or private employee. Neither agency had announced an investigation by the time of the initial report.