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# Teen Killed Crossing Street In Midwood
- URL: https://bklyner.com/teen-killed-crossing-street-in-midwood-sheepshead-bay/
- Published: 2013-01-23T17:00:53.000Z
- Updated: 2013-01-23T16:50:34.000Z
- Author: wsimpson
- Tags: ave o, bais yaakov, east 7th st, hatzalah, #API-Imported

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Tragedy struck the Midwood community when a 15-year-old girl was struck by a car and killed at East 7th Street and Avenue O yesterday afternoon, according to an article in the [New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/girl-killed-car-article-1.1245239?ref=bklyner.com).

> Sara Kischik was clipped by a 2006 Ford van after she stepped in the road from between two parked cars at E. Seventh St. and Ave. O in Midwood about 2:50 p.m., police sources said.

> Emergency workers with Hatzalah, a Jewish ambulance service, took the injured girl to Maimonides Medical Center.

> The teen, who was a student at Bais Yaakov on 13th Ave., died at the hospital.

> “My heart goes out to family of 15 year old Bais Yaakov girl who died today while crossing street at Avenue O & East 7,” Councilman David Greenfield (D-Brooklyn) posted on his Twitter account.

> Police were still investigating, but said the driver of the van remained at the scene and was not expected to be charged.