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Yahoo
2 days ago
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Queens moped rider, 25, fatally struck by wrong-way hit-and-run driver
A 25-year-old man riding a moped was fatally struck by a wrong-way hit-and-run driver in Queens, police said Wednesday. Antonio Smith-Ortiz was riding his gas-powered 2015 Honda PCX 150 moped east on 149th Ave. in South Ozone Park when he was struck near 121st St. by a driver going the opposite direction about 10:05 pm. Tuesday, cops said. The driver, who was going against traffic in the eastbound lane, then struck an unoccupied parked 2015 Ford Transit 350 Courier van before speeding off. Medics rushed Smith-Ortiz to Jamaica Hospital but he could not be saved. He lives in Ozone Park, according to cops. The driver has not been caught and cops have not yet been able to develop a vehicle description.
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Yahoo
Two women shot in Far Rockaway: NYPD
FAR ROCKAWAY, Queens (PIX11) — The NYPD is searching for a suspect after two women were shot in Far Rockaway on Saturday night. The incident happened near 309 Beach Street. More Local News Police responded to a 911 call about an assault in progress. Upon arrival, they located a 32-year-old woman with a gunshot wound in the left leg and a 34-year-old woman who was shot in both legs, according to the NYPD. The two victims were taken to Jamaica Hospital in stable condition. There have been no arrests made in connection with the shooting. Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Ben Mitchell is a digital content producer from Vermont who has covered both local and international news since 2021. He joined PIX11 in 2024. See more of his work here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
27-04-2025
- Yahoo
Up-and-coming soul singer headed home from show dies after being struck by Queens motorcyclist
An up-and-coming soul singer fatally struck by a motorcyclist in Queens was on her way home from a performance as she continued to build her status as a rising star in New York's music scene, friends and family said. Breanna Henderson, 23, who performed rhythm and blues and neo-soul under the stage name Freddie Makenzie, died after a Yamaha motorcycle rider slammed into her early Friday. 'The only reason why she was out that night is because she was chasing her dreams as usual,' said Brian Johnson, a music promoter and her friend of five years. Henderson was crossing Woodhaven Blvd. at Myrtle Ave. near Forest Park when the motorcyclist slammed into her as the light turned from yellow to red about 2:20 a.m., police said. 'The night that she died, I spoke to her. I told her that I love her. She said, 'I'll see you later, I'm going out for the performance,'' her mother, Paula Henderson, 43, said. 'Usually she texts me when she's on her way back home. And I did text her but she didn't text me back. So I figured that she was busy. And then that's when I found about the accident.' Medics rushed Breanna to Jamaica Hospital but she couldn't be saved. The 34-year-old man riding the motorcycle has not been charged as cops continue to investigate. The oldest of three sisters and a brother, Breanna Henderson grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and graduated from the Brooklyn School of Music and Theatre, her mother said. She was studying at Borough of Manhattan Community College while working as a teacher's aide at a Brooklyn elementary school. 'She was like a beacon, a beacon of light,' her mother told the Daily News Sunday. 'She was encouraging and always gave people encouraging words and told them to believe in themselves. That's how she was, even in life with me. Whenever something was going was wrong she would always be the one that you could come to and talk to.' Henderson was a voracious reader and loved poet Maya Angelou's autobiography 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.' Johnson, who runs an entertainment company called 'Losing Not an Option,' met Henderson at a show in Harlem five years ago and immediately realized she stood out. 'Ever since then we've been doing shows together,' he said. 'She pretty much became like family.' 'Right now the culture is rapping, like drill rap,' he added. 'She was all about R&B and neo-soul. So she was bringing back the old soulful music.' Henderson was performing nearly every night and would bring down the house with her recent single, 'Rose Quartz.' 'She definitely was known as far as the New York underground and she was starting to become very notable as far as the New York scene,' Johnson said, noting that she was planning a collaboration with a Chicago artist who worked with Cardi B and that he had recently gotten her an appearance on Hot 97. Henderson had a Zen-like personality that shone out in her music. 'Always, good vibes, good energy, the light of the party,' he said. 'I could always put her on stage and she would change the energy and bring it back to positive vibes.' The crash left a trail of blood half a block long. 'I just honestly don't understand how someone could drag someone from one end of the street to the next and not know a human was underneath their bike,' the victim's mother said. 'I'm at a loss for words. I'm still in shock.'
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Yahoo
Woman, 23, dies after being struck by Yamaha motorcycle rider in Queens
A 23-year-old woman died after a motorcycle rider ran over her as she was crossing the street in Queens early Friday morning, cops said. Breanna Henderson was crossing the street at the intersection of Myrtle Ave. and Woodhaven Blvd. around 2:20 a.m. when a 34-year-old man riding a 2007 Yamaha motorcycle northbound in Woodhaven Blvd.'s center lane barreled into her, police said. EMS medics responding to a 911 call about the collision transported Henderson to Jamaica Hospital where doctors pronounced her dead. The motorcyclist remained at the scene, according to police. At this time there are no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing, cops said. Henderson lived in Brooklyn. Later Friday morning, police arrested a man for killing a motorcyclist by driving over him with his BMW in a road rage incident on Woodhaven Blvd. earlier in April.
Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Yahoo
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.
