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Van hits sanitation worker in Bensonhurst

A sanitation worker was hit by a van while collecting garbage in Bensonhurst Friday morning. Police that arrived at the scene on the corner of 63rd Street and 19th Avenue gave the driver of the van a

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Aug 28, 2009, 2:01 PM

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