Crime & Safety
Hit-And-Run Driver Kills Man After Striking Him Twice In Queens, Police Said
The suspect hit the man, then ran him over again before driving off, police said.
QUEENS, NY – A driver hit and killed a man in Queens Sunday, running him over a second time before fleeing the scene, police said.
Officers found Pedro Perez, 51, from Jackson Heights, lying unconscious in the road in Corona after the suspect, who was driving a black sedan on Roosevelt Avenue, struck him near 112 Street around 5 a.m., according to police.
Perez was transported to Elmhurst General Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
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Police said they didn't know if the driver intended to hit the victim, but that he was he run over twice by the same vehicle.
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