Senior dies after being hit by a bus in Middle Village
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
A senior man died of his
injuries last week after he
was hit by a school bus while
crossing the street in Middle
Village, according to authorities.
Police responded to a 911
call at 8:37 a.m. on Nov. 6 regarding
a pedestrian struck
at the intersection of 67th
Drive and 73rd Place.
Upon their arrival, officers
from the 104th Precinct
found 83-year-old Bing Nuan
Chen, unconscious and unresponsive,
with trauma
throughout his body.
A preliminary investigation
found that while Chen
was crossing the street with
his wife at 67th Drive, a yellow
school bus operated by
a 56-year-old woman made
a left turn onto 67th Drive
from 73rd Place, striking
Chen.
EMS rushed Chen
to NYC Health + Hospitals/
Elmhurst, where he was pronounced
dead.
The driver from First
Steps Transportation Inc., remained
at the scene following
Photo by Todd Maisel
the incident, police said. A
manager from the First Steps
Transportation said the company
was still investigating
and gathering information
and could not comment.
Witnesses say the driver,
a Hispanic woman, began
screaming in the street immediately
after hitting the
man.
“I was just waking up,
heard the screams from my
window, but couldn’t see
anything, my stomach can’t
take that,” said Michael Kardezeo.
“She was just on the
ground screaming and praying.
I’ve never seen anything
like that over here.”
Another witness, Barbara
Kerwitz, said she was inside
her home when they heard
the screams.
“When we looked the out
window, the school bus was
stopped and the door open,
and she was on the floor
laying flat and screaming,”
Kerwitz said. “We thought
the bus driver was hurt,
but she must’ve seen what
she hit and this poor person
was under the bus. Another
person came over and was
on the floor with her consoling
her — there was nothing
anyone could do.”
Kerwitz said that intersection
is “very busy in the
morning” and “you can’t get
around that — they drive
like animals here.”
No arrests have been
made at this time and the investigation
is ongoing.
Additional reporting by
Todd Maisel.
Reach reporter Emily Davenport
by e-mail at edavenport@
qns.com or by phone at
(718) 260-2567.
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