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Grandfather Struck, Killed By Fellow Senior Parishioner Outside Fairview Church Grandfather Struck, Killed By Fellow Senior Parishioner Outside Fairview Church
Grandfather Struck, Killed By Fellow Senior Parishioner Outside Fairview Church A 77-year-old grandfather from Ridgefield was laid to rest following a funeral at a Fairview church where he was fatally struck by a runaway sedan a week earlier. Athanios Dimitriou and a 56-year-old companion from North Bergen were having lunch under a canopy in the parking lot of the Ascension Greek Orthodox Church on Anderson Avenue when both were struck by a BMW 328 shortly before 11:30 a.m. Sept. 11. The driver – a fellow parishioner who, coincidentally, is also 77 – had accidentally hit the gas and backed into them, Fairview Police Capt. Michael Martic said. Detective Sgt. Anthony Sc…

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