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VOL. 111, NO. 49 JULY 2- JULY 8, 2020
Man dies in
fatal Midville
hit-and-run
BY JACOB KAYE
JKAYE@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
SINCE 1908
A 37-year-old man has been
charged with manslaughter
and grand larceny aft er hitting
several cars with a reportedly
stolen truck and fatally crashing into
a car driven by a 25-year-old man in
Middle Village on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, June 30, around
12:59 p.m., Ramon Pena was driving
eastbound on Metropolitan Avenue
when he crashed into Hamlet Cruz-
Gomez, the driver of a 2019 Honda
CRV, who was making a left turn
from Rentar Plaza onto Metropolitan
Avenue, according to the
NYPD.
Pena fled the scene into the Metropolitan
Avenue M subway stop,
where he was apprehended by
police a short time later, according
to the authorities.
Cruz-Gomez was rushed to
Elmhurst General Hospital by
EMS personnel, where he was pronounced
dead.
Police sources say that during the
trip leading up to the fatal crash,
Pena hit a handful of other cars in
Brooklyn in Queens. He fled the
scene of all of the collisions inside
the allegedly stolen truck.
Pena has been charged with manslaughter,
assault, grand larceny,
leaving the scene of an accident and
reckless endangerment.
The investigation is ongoing.
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