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Queens Boulevard of Death
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Jen Chung
Published Jul 11, 2003
Modified Mar 6, 2008
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The Post, Daily News, Newsday, and the Times all recount the grisly history of Queens Boulevard as an accident between two SUVs caused the one pedestrian's death and the other's injuries. The News reports that the injured victim's boyfriend ran out to help, only "to find [his girlfriend] lying in a bloody heap." The Times says the nickname "The Boulevard of Death" came to be when"more than 70 pedestrians were killed in accidents there from 1993 to 2001." Christ. Even though there have been three deaths since safety improvements on the boulevard in 2002, isn't that three too many, Newsday says the Department of Transportation is planning a review of the intersection and accident.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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