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Teenage girl is struck down crossing Avenue U

Teenage girl is struck down crossing Avenue U

A 17-year-old Sunset Park girl was struck and killed last week after trying to run across a busy Marine Park street with friends, police said. Brunida Santiago was pronounced dead upon arrival at the scene by EMS workers after a 2008 Mazda hit her while trying to swerve around her three friends in the left westbound lane of Avenue U off East 33rd Street, police said. The incident happened shortly after midnight, Saturday, April 26. Police said Santiago and her three friends