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VOL. 111, NO. 32 MARCH 5-11, 2020
COP OF THE YEAR
Pedestrian
dies after
jumping
in front of
Q55 bus in
Glendale
Moses
104th Precinct Community Council honors
Dean Cop of the Year in Maspeth ceremony
by Photo See Page 20
Amazon signs
City working to
lease for space
ease coronavirus
at Rentar Plaza
fears
Page 19
Page 8
The history of the Union Course Racetrack in Woodhaven: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was: Page 22 SINCE 1908
BY ZACHARY GEWELB
ZGEWELB@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
Police are investigating the death
of a pedestrian who allegedly
jumped in front of an MTA bus
in Glendale on Sunday night.
The NYPD responded to the collision
at Myrtle Avenue and 85th
Street at approximately 6:21 p.m.
on March 1. Upon arriving at the
scene, officers found a 35-year-old
man lying unconscious on the road
with trauma to his body.
EMS arrived and transported the
man to Jamaica Hospital Medical
Center, where he was pronounced
dead. Police are withholding the
victim’s identity pending proper
family notification.
An investigation by the NYPD
Highway District’s Collision Investigation
Squad found that a 2009
Orion Bus (MTA Bus Q55) operated
by a 32-year-old male was traveling
westbound on Myrtle Ave when the
pedestrian jumped in front of the
bus at it was moving through the
intersection, police said.
As a result of the bus striking the
pedestrian, the driver stopped the
bus in the eastbound traffic lane
and remained on the scene.
There have been no arrests and
the investigation remains ongoing.
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