NEW YORK (1010 WINS/AP)  -- An employee at a car wash on Sunrise Highway in the Rosedale section of Queens is dead and police are searching for another employee who they say ran him over.

1010 WINS AUDIO: Carol D'Auria reports

It happened Thursday morning after one car-wash employee got behind the wheel of an SUV and struck two other employees, police said.

One of the workers, 48-year-old Felipe Alvarenga, was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital, police said.

The second employee is in stable condition at a hospital.

The driver of the SUV fled the scene after striking the men, returned to the scene then fled again, winesses said. Investigators discovered the SUV a few blocks from the car wash.

People who know the driver said they think he just panicked. Police were investigating.

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