Hit-and-Run Driver Strikes and Kills Teen Cyclist in NYC

Queens, NYC – An unidentified hit-and-run sedan driver struck a 16-year-old boy cycling on his way to the barbershop and split his bicycle in two, when he attempted to overtake another car crossing double yellow lines on College Point Boulevard near 18th Avenue on June 4. The Corona teen succumbed to his injuries three days later.

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