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VOL. 111, NO. 22 DECEMBER 26, 2019-JANUARY 1, 2020
Senior man
dies after
Ridgewood
collision
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
EDAVENPORT@QNS.COM
@QNS
A senior man died of his injuries
aft er he was hit by a car just
one block away from his home
in Ridgewood.
Authorities say that at 4:57 p.m. on
Dec. 9, police responded to a 911 call
regarding a motor vehicle collision
involving a pedestrian struck on
Stanhope Street at Fairview Avenue.
Upon their arrival, offi cers found
66-year-old Bohdan Spiegowski, of
Stanhope Street, lying in the roadway
with head trauma.
An investigation found that a 31-
year-old man white was traveling
eastbound on Stanhope Street in a 2019
Ram 3500 Promaster Van.
As the driver was passing
through the intersection at Fairview
Avenue, the he hit Spiegowski, who
was attempting to cross the street from
the corner.
Spiegowski hit the car’s windshield
and was subsequently knocked to the
pavement.
EMS rushed Spiegowski to NYC
Health & Hospitals/Elmhurst, where
he ultimately died of his injuries on
Dec. 12.
The driver remained at the scene
following the crash.
No arrests have been made at this
time and the investigation is ongoing.
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