Cops are investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed while crossing a street in Queens on Tuesday night.

Juliana Busto, 22, was hit at the intersection of 47th Street and Laurel Hill Boulevard in Maspeth about 11:16 p.m. Police officers determined that Busto was attempting to cross Laurel Hill Boulevard within the crosswalk when she was struck by a 2002 Chevy Avalanche traveling westbound on the road.

The woman was taken to Elmhurst Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival. The driver of the vehicle remained on the scene. The investigation is ongoing.

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The crossing guard who was on duty when a Harlem boy was hit by a truck and killed on Thursday has been suspended, according to police.

Flavia Roman, 55, was suspended on Thursday after 6-year-old Amar Diarrosova was run down by a tractor-trailer as he was crossing First Avenue at 117th Street. Roman was not at the intersection even though she was supposed to be on duty. She told reporters she was taking a break.

Diarrosova was on his way to school with his older brother. The driver of the truck, Robert Carroll Jr. of New Jersey, was given a summons for failing to yield to a pedestrian and another for failure to exercise due care.

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