Blvd. of Death victim called 'good mom'

Saturday, December 22nd 2007-

Maricela Perea was hit by a cement truck while attempting to cross Queens Blvd.

A woman run over by a cement truck on Queens' "Boulevard of Death" was remembered Friday as a devoted single mother.

Maricela Perea, 60, was walking to the Queens Center Mall when she attempted to dash across Queens Blvd. at the intersection of Woodhaven Blvd. about 1 p.m. Wednesday, police said.

Investigators believe she stumbled and fell underneath the wheels of a Commercial Concrete Corp. truck. The driver was not charged with any wrongdoing, police said.

Between 1993 and 2000, Queens Blvd. has claimed 72 pedestrian lives, leading the Daily News to dub the street the Boulevard of Death.

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