Officials: Teen killed as car jumps curb in Queens
Photo credit: Patrick E. McCarthy | The NYPD said a preliminary investigation shows the driver of a 2002 Dodge Caravan traveling east on Thompson Avenue in Long Island City "apparently lost control and mounted the sidewalk striking five pedestrians," one fatally. (March 11, 2013)
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A 16-year-old boy from Queens was fatally struck Monday morning on a sidewalk near LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, after a minivan jumped a curb in a three-car accident that also left four other pedestrians injured, officials said.
The boy, identified as Drudak Tenzin of 58th Avenue, Maspeth, was taken to Elmhurst Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
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