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Police at the scene where a pedestrian was struck at Starr Avenue and Van Dam Street in Queens.Christopher Sadowski
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A man was hit by a car and killed as he tried to cross a Queens street Wednesday night, ​cops said.

The unidentified man, who is believed to be​ ​in his 50s​,​ stepped into the street at Starr Avenue and Van Dam Street in Long Island City at about 11:25 p.m. when an oncoming car plowed into him, according to ​police.

The pedestrian was found in cardiac arrest and taken to New York Cornell Hospital where he died, authorities said.

The driver remained at the scene and no criminality is suspected.

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