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FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.couriersun.com JANUARY 23, 2014 • The Courier SUN 11 Maspeth family pushes for safety after fatal accident BY LIAM LA GUERE lguerre@queenscourier.com Angela Hurtado’s family knows that nothing will bring her back, but they are hoping something will be done to protect SWITCH TO VERIZON WIRELESS Samsung Galaxy S4 $4999 DEVICE EXCLUSIVE $100 OFF ALL IPADS / TABLETS LIBERTY LOCATION 121-20 Liberty Avenue South Richmond Hill, NY 11419 718.845.1500 IPAD AIR / MINI NOW AVAILABLE Apple iPhone 4S 8GB SUTPHIN LOCATION 87-66 Sutphin Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11435 718.558.4242 25% OFF ACCESSORIES Limited Qty available. Requires New 2yr Activation & number port-in. After $50 Mail-in-Rebate & $150 Port in rebate/credit. We offer Employee/Corporate DISCOUNTS AND GET $150! A3 COMM FREE NEW 2YR ACTIVATION REQD Extended Battery Solutions For as low as 29.99! other pedestrians. Hurtado, 68, was hit and killed while crossing Grand Avenue at 69th Place at about 11 a.m. on Saturday, January 18. She had been going to play bingo at a local center, according to her daughter, Zoraya B. Torres, who had spoken to her just hours before. “My mom was a very humble woman, a good-hearted person and a loving mother,” Torres said. “It’s hard to believe that something so horrible could have happened to her.” It was the last time she would talk to her mother, as a driver in a Mitsubishi Montero swung around the corner to make an illegal left turn, hitting Hurtado, according to the NYPD. She was rushed to Elmhurst General Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Cops arrested the driver, Abel Tinoco, who remained at the scene. Tinoco, 28, was driving with a suspended license, and was charged with aggravated unlicensed operator, police said. His sentence is pending. But that’s not enough for Torres, because she believes more awareness is needed for the intersection. Just visiting the scene, she noticed other people making the same illegal turn. Torres wants to contact transportation and elected officials to remedy the problem. “Something needs to be done, because someone else could get hit,” Torres said. “My family is devastated, we are in shock to know that we are not going to see her, or feel her love. I wouldn’t want anybody to go through what we are going through.” Torres said Hurtado went to church every day. Originally from Ecuador, she moved to America when she was 21 years old and had lived in Queens since. Hurtado was a former housekeeper for the 3 World Trade Center Marriott Hotel at the time of the 9/11 attacks, but left the building before it was destroyed. She also beat cervical cancer when she was 33. A wake for Hurtado was held on Tuesday, January 21 at Gerard J Neufeld Funeral Home in Elmhurst. On Wednesday, January 22, her body was flown to Ecuador, where she will be buried. “My mom always would tell us, ‘If anything ever happens to me, I want to go home,’” Torres said. “She asked us to do it, because that’s where her parents are.” Photo courtesy Zoraya B. Torres/by Robert Stridiron Angela Hurtado (right) was struck and killed by a driver (left) with a suspended license, making an illegal turn.


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