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Woman struck, killed by bus

A 54-year-old woman was struck and killed on Saturday, October 13, police said, by a Nassau Inter-County Express bus at the intersection of Merrick Boulevard and Hillside Avenue.

Police responded around 7 p.m. and found the victim unconscious. EMS pronounced the woman dead at the scene, police said.

The bus driver had been traveling west on Hillside Avenue and turning south on to Merrick Boulevard, police said. There is no criminality suspected at this time and an investigation is ongoing.