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A 35-year-old pistillate was killed aboriginal Saturday aft she jumped retired of a moving Uber connected the Long Island Expressway successful Queens and was struck by a passing conveyance that kept going, constabulary said.
The Uber driver’s grey Volkswagen was heading eastbound on the Long Island Expressway toward the Kissena Blvd. overpass successful Kew Gardens astatine astir 1:40 a.m. erstwhile the woman, who was seated successful the backmost seat, opened the doorway and jumped retired of the moving rideshare vehicle.
She landed connected the asphalt past was deed by a conveyance that fled the scene, cops said.
The pistillate died astatine the scene. Her sanction was not instantly released arsenic cops tracked down household members.
The 45-year-old Uber operator instantly stopped the Volkswagen and remained astatine the scene. No transgression charges were instantly filed.
Cops blocked disconnected astatine slightest 1 eastbound lane of the LIE arsenic they conducted their investigation.
An email to Uber for remark was not instantly returned.
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