A 16-year-old teenager, Tenzin Drudak, was killed and four LaGuardia Community College (LCC) students were injured Monday morning when a driver lost control of his 2002 maroon Dodge Caravan in Queens.
The incident occurred 10:30, a.m. on Thomson Avenue and 30th St. in Long Island City when an out-of-control minivan tried to avoid a crowd crossing the street and jumped a curb near the bus stop.
The caravan hit a lamppost then the teen and five other pedestrians on the sidewalk and came to a halt when it hit a tree just outside of LaGuardia Community College.
The injured students were immediately taken to Elmhurst Hospital. Drudak, who was a student at Applied Communications High School, died of his injuries at the hospital.
The unidentified driver suffered non-threatening injuries in the accident. He has been taken into custody, but has not yet been charged with a crime.
Students refer to the stretch of Thomson Avenue as the 'Intersection of death."
"Cars come at you from three different ways, LCC student Silvana Barisa, 23, told New York Post. "Students always try to cross here, but it's definitely cross at your own risk."
Principal Daniel Korb, Applied Communications High School, told NY Daily News that the campus community is saddened at the sudden loss of one of their wonderful youngsters.
