Man exiting car killed by out-of-control van driver in Queens crash
A 31-year-old man was killed after he and two others were struck by an out-of-control van driver having a medical episode, police said Saturday.
Victim Zhihong Shi was exiting a double parked car with the two other victims near the corner of 87th St. and Atlantic Ave. in Woodhaven around 10:30 a.m. Friday when the driver of a passing Ford Econoline van lost control of his wheel.
The van struck a parked car, which careened into the vehicle Shi and the other two men were exiting, cops said.
Shi and the other victims, ages 67 and 48, were all rushed to Jamaica Hospital, but Shi couldn't be saved. Officials said he lived in New Springville, Staten Island.
His relationship to the other two victims in the car was not immediately clear, cops said.
The van was being driven by a 35-year-old man who had just suffered a medical episode, though details of the episode weren't clear. He was also rushed to Jamaica Hospital, where he's expected to survive.
No charges were immediately filed as cops investigate the crash.
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