A 16-year-old boy from Queens was fatally struck on a sidewalk near LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, after a minivan jumped a curb in a three-car accident that also left four other pedestrians injured, officials said.
The boy, of 58th Avenue, Maspeth, was taken to Elmhurst Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The four injured were LaGuardia college students, officials said.
A preliminary investigation indicates a 2002 Dodge Caravan traveling east on Thomson Avenue "apparently lost control and mounted the sidewalk striking five pedestrians," the NYPD's 108th Precinct said in a statement.
The accident took place at the intersection of Thomson Avenue and 30th Street near the college. The driver of the vehicle was issued a summons for driving without insurance, said an NYPD spokesman.
