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NYC Fight Death: Wooden Board Bash Kills 1, Cops Say

The 23-year-old Queens man died in the early hours of Sunday morning

Construction zone cordoned off near Queens gas station where deadly beating occurred.
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A late-night fight between a group of men turned deadly early Sunday in Queens when one of the men was struck in the head with a wooden board, police said.

Officers were alerted to a fight in progress on Junction Boulevard in Corona around 2 a.m. When they arrived the group involved in the dispute had already scattered, but cops found a 23-year-old with a fatal head injury.

Esvin Vasquez, of Queens, was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital but did not survive his injuries, police said.

No other details were available.

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