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Teen dead after hit-&-run on Flatlands Ave.

A Brooklyn teenager is dead following a hit-and-run on Flatlands Avenue last night. Police say Davonte Jeffers, 14, was hit by a 2011 Ford Econoline van while crossing Flatlands Avenue near East 54th

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Teen dead after hit-&-run on Flatlands Ave.

A Brooklyn teenager is dead following a hit-and-run on Flatlands Avenue last night. Police say Davonte Jeffers, 14, was hit by a 2011 Ford Econoline van while crossing Flatlands Avenue near East 54th

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