Man Arrested In Forest Hills Hit-And-Run, Police Say

FOREST HILLS, NY — A Glendale man has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a 29-year-old in Forest Hills, police said late Monday. Irving Duran, 28, was charged with leaving the scene of a vehicle accident resulting in death following Sunday evening's fatal collision, the NYPD said.

Niklas Ahern was crossing Continental Avenue near Slocum Crescent just after 5:30 p.m. that day when a Honda Accord slammed into him, police said.

Ahern, of Tribeca, was thrown to the pavement and taken to Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the NYPD said.

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