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19-Year-Old Pedestrian Killed In Woodside Hit & Run
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Christopher Robbins
Published Sep 29, 2013
Modified Sep 29, 2013
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Published Sep 29, 2013
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A pedestrian was killed in a fatal hit-and-run in Woodside last night. According to an NYPD release, 19-year-old Luis Bravo was walking east on Broadway at the intersection of 58th Street when a dark colored sedan traveling south on Broadway struck him and fled the scene.
Bravo, who lived around 10 blocks from where he was killed, was taken to Elmhurst Hospital, and pronounced dead.
On Thursday afternoon, 5-year-old Kiko Shao was killed by an SUV in Sunset Park as she crossed the street with her older sister and father. No charges have been filed against the driver.
On Monday afternoon, a 78-year-old driver killed Michael Munoz as he was selling bottles of water along a Whitestone Expressway service road. No charges have been filed against the driver.
Last Saturday, 58-year-old Nisath Hossain was reportedly walking home from work when she was struck and killed by a driver who fled the scene. An NYPD spokesman said that no arrests have been made in the case, and the investigation is ongoing.
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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