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VOL. 112, NO. 50 JULY 15-21, 2021
Grand Street Bridge
over Newtown
Creek to close for
maintenance work
Page 4
Pedestrian dies
after being
struck by car
and an MTA
bus in Maspeth
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CHANGES
COMING
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SINCE 1908
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
EDAVENPORT@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
A senior pedestrian died aft er being
struck by a motorist and an
MTA bus in Maspeth early in
the morning of Friday, July 9, according
to authorities.
Police say that at 12:44 a.m. on July 9,
offi cers responded to a 911 call regarding
a pedestrian struck at 70th Street
and Eliot Avenue. Upon their arrival,
offi cers from the 104th Precinct found
67-year-old Caroline Connors, of 69th
Lane, lying in the roadway with severe
trauma.
An investigation found that Connors
was standing in the road in
front of 69-82 Eliot Ave. when she was
struck by an sedan that was traveling
eastbound on Eliot Avenue. Connors
was knocked into the roadway and
subsequently hit by an MTA bus that
was also headed eastbound on Eliot
Avenue, according to authorities. Both
the sedan and the bus kept driving
without stopping, police said.
EMS rushed to the location and declared
Connors dead at the scene. At
this time, it is not clear why or how far
into the road Connors was, according
to a police spokesperson.
No arrests have been made and the
investigations are ongoing.
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