Teen Killed in Queens Crash: NYPD

A 19-year-old Queens man was killed after the car he was riding in crashed into another vehicle late Wednesday, police say.

Geovanni Balverdy, of Far Rockaway, was killed after the crash near Beach 127th Street and Beach Channel Drive in Far Rockaway.

Police say Balverdy was riding as a passenger in a 2005 Nissan 350Z when it veered over the double yellow line on Beach Channel Drive and hit a 2006 Kia Spectra.

Balverdy was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The driver of the Nissan, 19, and the two people in the Kia were both taken to the hospital and are in stable condition.

No arrests have been made.

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