An Elmont man was killed this past weekend after being involved in a car accident in Queens Village with his son behind the wheel. Our deepest thoughts and prayers go out to the family of this tragedy
-The Elmont Excelsior
QUEENS VILLAGE, N.Y. — A father was killed over the weekend after his teenage son allegedly ran a stop sign in Queens and collided with another car, police said Monday.
It happened shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday near 119 Avenue and 231 Street in Queens Village.
A preliminary investigation reveals the 19-year-old driver of a Honda sedan blew through a stop sign at that intersection and was hit by another vehicle, police said. The Honda was struck on its right passenger side.
Three people were traveling in the Honda at the time of the crash. The teenage driver and a 47-year-old woman who also was in the car were taken to a hospital and listed in stable condition, police said. A third passenger — Garth Jackson, 50, of Elmont, N.Y. — was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said. NYPD said Jackson’s son was behind the wheel.
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