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VOL. 112, NO. 5 SEPTEMBER 3-9, 2020
OUR TRAILBLAZER
NYC in-person
person schooling
delayed
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Driver fatally
strikes an
elderly man
in Glendale
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Photo by Douglas Kearse
MAUREEN
WALTHERS
1933-2020
Former editor and publisher of Ridgewood Times
leftft an indelible mark on our community
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SINCE 1908
BY JACOB KAYE
JKAYE@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
A 78-year-old man died last
week after being hit by a
driver in Glendale.
On Thursday, Aug. 27, around 8:15
a.m., a 74-year-old driver of a tan
2007 Hyundai Santa Fe was traveling
westbound on Central Avenue,
according to the NYPD. As he approached
69th Place, the driver hit
Edward Meissner, who was walking
across Central Avenue, cops said.
Meissner, who lived in Woodhaven,
was rushed to Wyckoff
Heights Medical Center by EMS
personnel. The 78-year-old was
pronounced dead at the hospital,
according to the NYPD.
The driver of the car remained
at the scene following the collision,
cops said.
No arrests have been made and
the investigation is ongoing.
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