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Brooklyn parents are mourning the death of a beloved public school teacher who was killed in a hit-and-run crash earlier this week.
Matthew Jensen, 58, was fatally struck by a Rolls Royce driver while crossing the notoriously dangerous McGuinness Boulevard near Bayard Street just after midnight on Tuesday, police said.
The victim taught at P.S. 110, and was described as a ray of sunshine known to just about everyone in the Greenpoint grade school. In addition to teaching in the school s English as a Second Language program, Jensen was an avid soccer player and a lover of gardening, parents said.
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