Senior fatally struck by school bus in OZP

by Kristen Guglielmo Associate Editor

An elderly woman was fatally struck by a school bus last Friday morning in Ozone Park at the intersection of 107th Avenue and 86th Street.

According to police, at around 7:30 a.m. on Nov. 10, a 2013 Starcraft EC3 school bus with four children on board was making a left turn from westbound 107th Avenue onto southbound 86th Street when it struck the woman, 73-year-old Maria Rodriguez, who had been attempting to cross 86th Street, walking east-

Woman, 73, was using crosswalk when hit

bound in the marked crosswalk.

EMS responded to the incident and declared Rodriguez dead at the scene.

The school bus operator, 47-year-old Maria Marte, remained on-site, authorities said. There were no other injuries.

Pursuant to the investigation conducted by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad, police said Marte, who is from East Elmhurst, was later arrested on charges of failure to yield to a pedestrian and failure to exercise due care.

The corner does not have a traffic signal but has all-way stop signs. Each of the residential streets is one way.

Later reports by CBS New York said Rodriguez was from the Bronx, but was staying in Ozone Park to help with her grandkids, her family said. She was on her way back from dropping them off at school when she was struck. Q

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