104th Precinct
Maspeth, Middle Village, Glendale and Ridgewood
A 36-year-old man died after his vehicle was struck at Metropolitan Avenue and Rentar Plaza on Thursday, August 26.
Police say that a 2004 Mitsubishi sedan was traveling westbound on Metropolitan Avenue and was in the process of making a U-turn eastbound when it hit a 2005 Yamaha traveling eastbound on Metropolitan Avenue. The driver of the Yamaha, identified as John Rizzuto, was taken to Elmhurst Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The driver of the sedan remained on the scene and was issued a summons for an illegal U-turn.
