25-year-old man struck and killed by N.Y.C. Sanitation truck in the Crown Heights area of Brooklyn.

A 25-year-old man was killed Sunday morning after being struck by a garbage truck in Brooklyn, authorities said.

According to police, the unidentified pedestrian was struck by a New York City Sanitation truck while crossing Carroll Street at Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights just after 9 a.m. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said the driver of the truck remained at the scene.

The Department of Sanitation released a statement calling the accident a tragedy.

"The Department of Sanitation offers its deepest condolences to the family of the young man lost today, and the entire Crown Heights community," the statement read in part.

Last week, Mayor Bill de Blasio outlined a wide-ranging plan to make New York streets safer for pedestrians and drivers, revealing a combination of policing and transportation initiatives designed to bring down the number of traffic fatalities in the city.