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VOL. 111, NO. 21 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019
Your guide to
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BP candidates want
to bring equitable
resources to all
borough schools
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Amazon warehouse in Maspeth
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BY EMILY DAVENPORT
EDAVENPORT@QNS.COM
@QNS
A man is in custody after he
drove through a stop sign in
Ridgewood and hit a man who
was crossing the street.
According to police, at 3:16 p.m. on
Dec. 11, the NYPD responded to a 911
call regarding a motor vehicle collision
involving a pedestrian struck
on Onderdonk Avenue near Gates
Avenue. Upon their arrival, offi cers
found 63-year-old Kwok Cheung lying
on the roadway with severe head
trauma.
An investigation found that Cheung
was trying to cross Gates Avenue
within the marked crosswalk when the
driver of a a 2007 BMW X5 SUV, identifi
ed as 21-year-old Raymond Mersier,
was driving Onderdonk Avenue.
Mersier allegedly disobeyed a stop
sign and turned right on Gates Avenue,
striking Cheung with the front of
the vehicle and knocking him to the
ground.
EMS rushed Cheung to Wyckoff
Heights Medical Center, where he
ultimately died of his injuries on Dec.
13.
Mersier remained at the scene and
was later taken into police custody.
He was charged with failing to yield
to a pedestrian, failure to use due care
causing a serious injury, failure to stop
at a stop sign, and two equipment violations
for windshield tints and safety
glass.
50¢
Driver cuff ed
in fatal R’wood
collision: NYPD
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