A Long Island woman who was walking on a Queens sidewalk Saturday was struck and killed by a yellow cab that jumped a curb after a crash, cops said.
The 23-year-old taxi driver was in a Toyota Rav4 at 115th Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard in South Ozone Park around 3:10 a.m. when he collided with a Honda Accord that was being driven by a 25-year-old man, cops said.
The crash sent the taxi careening onto the sidewalk, where the vehicle hit the 51-year-old woman and two men, 44 and 49.
The woman was “pinned” against a fence by the vehicle, a police source said
All three were rushed to Jamaica Hospital, where the woman died.
She was identified as Vidya Dookran-Franco of Merrick, cops said.
The men suffered minor injuries. There were no arrests.
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