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Worried widower: A woman died when an SUV hit her as she crossed the street — and her brokenhearted widower told The News on Tuesday that he cannot believe she's gone. “Oh God, I don't know who I am anymore,” Robert Egger, 81, of Queens said of his 76-year-old wife, Carolyn Egger. Carolyn was on her way to buy supplies when the vehicle knocked her off her mobile scooter at 74th St. and
30th Ave. in Jackson Heights. “She was talking in the hospital and then her heart gave out,” Egger (inset) said. “She took care of everything, all the accounts. … It's all a mess now.”
Sibling setup: A 23-yearold man was killed by three
Bronx siblings who owed him money, cops said Wednesday. Matthew Jones, 23, planned to get $1,000 back from the trio when he visited them Jan. 19 in Fordham Heights. Instead, one of the siblings, Christopher Padin, pulled out a gun and shot Jones. “It was a definite setup,” a police source said. “They kept going back and forth about when the money was going to be paid back. They lure him up to the Bronx, pretending
they're going to pay him. And when he walks over they shoot him.”
Corona continues: Gov. Cuomo ordered a statewide lockdown on Friday as the number of coronavirus cases in New York surged above 7,000. “When I talk about the most drastic action we can take, this is the most drastic action we can take,” the governor said as he ordered “nonessential” businesses to shut down starting Sunday evening. The order won't apply to grocery stores, banks, pharmacies and other companies deemed critical to public health and safety.
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