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Driver Dead After Crashing Car Into A Train Pillar In Far Rockaway

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) - Police say a 28-year-old man is dead after he crashed his car into a support pillar for an elevated subway train in Queens.

The accident happened at at Rockaway Freeway and Beach 25 Street around 8 p.m. Saturday in Far Rockaway.

Police say the man crashed into a pillar for the A train while traveling west on Rockaway Freeway. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

His name was not immediately released.

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