MTA bus hits, kills worker at Qns. depot

A VETERAN MTA worker was killed at a Queens transit depot Tuesday when a bus cleaner inadvertently ran him over, police said.

Stephen Livecchi, 59, was directing traffic at the College Point bus depot about 10 a.m. when the depot worker moving a bus backed into him while pulling out of the station, officials said.

“We’re devastated,” his sisterin-law, Cara Hunter, 52, said Tuesday night. “He was very much loved. He was a kind and generous man.”

Livecchi, a 37-year veteran from Queens, died at the scene. His wife, Donna, and other family members, gathered at a relative’s home in Middle Village to grieve.

“He was a great role model to his two nephews. He took care of my two elderly parents. He did everything for them. He loved my two kids,” Hunter said.

The 57-year-old driver remained at the scene and was not charged.

“As many of you know, the bus operation at the MTA is a very close-knit family and our entire team is mourning,” said MTA Bus President Darryl Irick.

Livecchi, whose official title was helper-maintainer, performed a variety of jobs, including directing bus traffic.

“Work meant everything to him,” Hunter said. “He worked day and night. When they called him in the middle of the night, he went to them. He never said no.”