An MTA bus struck and killed a woman crossing the street in Queens, cops said Thursday.
Melania Ward, 55, was crossing Astoria Boulevard around 10 p.m. Wednesday in Jackson Heights when the Q47 bus driving north on 80th Street made a right onto Astoria Boulevard and hit her, cops said.
Ward was in the crosswalk when the accident occurred, a police official said.
She was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital where she later died, cops said.
No summonses have been issued to the driver at this time, cops said.
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