pedestrian

Hit-and-run accident kills pedestrian
News Billy Rennison 3/09/2012 at 1:57PM

A pedestrian was struck and killed in Flushing in a hit-and-run accident, according to police. A 65-year-old man was crossing 45th Avenue at the intersection of 149th Street at approximately 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 8 when an SUV traveling southbound fatally hit him, police said. The vehicle fled the scene, according to authorities. The victim was [...]

Pedestrian struck and killed on Union Turnpike
News Billy Rennison 3/01/2012 at 11:40AM

A pedestrian crossing Union Turnpike was struck and killed just before 6 p.m. on Wednesday, February 29, according to authorities. The victim was struck as he attempted to cross Union Turnpike in Oakland Gardens by a Volkswagen driven by a 24-year-old woman, police said. EMS responded to the scene and took the 40-year-old victim to North Shore [...]