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VOL. 111, NO. 21 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019
Driver cuff ed
in fatal R’wood
collision: NYPD
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.
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