Aug. 7, 2024 By Bill Parry An 18-year-old man was struck and killed by a truck driver while riding a bicycle in a protected bike lane in Sunnyside on Monday morning, according to the NYPD. The cyclist was traveling eastbound in the protected bike lane of 43rd Avenue at 7:36 a.m. when the 57-year-old driver… Read more »
July 23, 2024 By Bill Parry A delivery truck driver from Manhattan was indicted by a Queens grand jury for a hit-and-run collision that killed a 16-year-old girl and injured her little sister near I.S. 125 in Woodside on the last day of school. Boubacar Barry, 28, of Broome Street in lower Manhattan was arraigned… Read more »
May. 21, 2024 By bparry May 21, 2024 By Bill Parry A Woodside man was indicted by a Queens grand jury for allegedly driving the wrong way on Northern Boulevard and striking and killing an Astoria delivery man who was riding a scooter in a head-on collision last November. Mohammad Bhuiyan, 48, was arraigned in… Read more »
Apr. 24, 2024 By Bill Parry A man was struck and killed on Roosevelt Avenue in the Little Manila section of Woodside on Tuesday morning. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian at the intersection of 70th Street and Roosevelt… Read more »
Mar. 11, 2024 By Bill Parry A moped rider was killed when he lost control and crashed on Laurel Hill Boulevard in Woodside on Saturday night. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City responded to a 911 call of a vehicle collision near 48th Street where they found the moped rider unconscious and… Read more »
Aug. 16, 2023 By Bill Parry The NYPD announced on Tuesday that an elderly Woodside woman died 12 days after she was struck by the driver of an SUV late last month. Eleanor Neri, 76, was just steps from her 69th Street home and trying to cross the intersection of 41st Avenue and 69th Street… Read more »