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Another Dead Pedestrian in Queens, Capping a Bloody Week for the Borough

More bloodshed in Queens.

By Gersh Kuntzman

9:12 PM EST on November 10, 2018

Another Dead Pedestrian in Queens, Capping a Bloody Week for the Borough

Photo: Franz Golhen

Queens capped a bloody week with the killing of another pedestrian, this time on Parsons Boulevard in Flushing, near another death a week earlier.

Police say that the driver of a Toyota Highlander slammed into an 86-year-old man as he crossed Parsons Boulevard from west to east near 27th Avenue at around 5 p.m. on Saturday.

The pedestrian, whose name was not immediately released, was taken to Booth Memorial Hospital, where he died.

Another person killed on Parsons Blvd. How many more people need to die before we get real #VisionZero on this street @NYC_DOT? According to the bike map a bike lane has been on the drawing board since 1993! Traffic calming now! @NYCMayor @juaninQNS https://t.co/8RAuK67Uez
— ജോബി @JobyJacob@bsky.social (@joby_jacob) November 12, 2018

No arrests were made. The NYPD said the driver remained at the scene of the crash.

“The investigation is ongoing,” the NYPD said in a statement.

Streetsblog reported yesterday on the death of two other Queens pedestrians — and those deaths followed the killing of another pedestrian on Wednesday morning, the rare case when a driver is charged. The week began with the death of 62-year-old Edith Perez at Farrington Street and 31st Road in Flushing. The driver wasn’t charge in that case, either.

Gersh Kuntzman

Tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman has been with New York newspapers since 1989, including stints at the New York Daily News, the Post, the Brooklyn Paper and even a cup of coffee with the Times. He's also the writer and producer of "Murder at the Food Coop," which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007. He also writes the Cycle of Rage column, which is archived here.