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VOL. 112, NO. 43 MAY 27 - JUNE 2, 2021
Meng joins Biden
for signing of
COVID-19 Hate
Crimes Act
Page 11
Glendale-based
freight railway
named EPA ‘Smart
Way’ partner
Page 2
Three dead after
car plunges into
Newtown Creek
A tradition of pride in Ridgewood & Glendale: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was — See Page 27
Photo courtesy of Councilman Robert Holden’s offi ce
‘A GREAT SUCCESS’
Middle Village councilman hosts
free pet food giveaway
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BY BILL PARRY
BPARRY@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
An Elmhurst man was among
three people pulled from the
murky depths of Newtown Creek
in Long Island City aft er a “souped up
sedan” plunged into the waterway early
Saturday morning on May 22, according
to the authorities.
Luis Cuadros, 30, of Lamont Avenue,
was pulled from the wreckage aft er
NYPD divers responded to a 911 call and
discovered the submerged vehicle in the
creek along Borden Avenue near Review
Avenue, two straightaways long-favored
by drag racers.
“Within 10 minutes aft er the 911 call,
we had divers in the water and approximately
10 minutes aft er that, we recovered
two victims and pulled them out
of the water,” said FDNY Deputy Chief
Fred Mallett.
Cuadros and 25-year-old Quameek
Mack of Freeport, Long Island, were
taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in Astoria,
where they were pronounced dead.
A third unidentifi ed 30-year-old victim
was found later in the morning and
taken to Cornell Hospital where he was
pronounced dead, police said.
A preliminary investigation determined
the vehicle was traveling westbound
on Borden Avenue around 4:45
a.m. at “an apparent high rate of speed”
when the vehicle lost control, struck a
Jersey barrier and entered Newtown
Creek.
“Speed was a factor in the crash,” an
NYPD spokesman said.
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