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A man was killed in Brooklyn last night after the limousine he just exited began rolling backward and pinned him against another vehicle, cops said. Viktor Avaveyev, 53, and two relatives were being escorted out of the limo at around 6:50 p.m. at Kings Highway and Bedford Avenue in Midwood when the tragedy occurred, cops said. Photo: Shimon Gifter/VINNews

Brooklyn, NY - Police say a passenger who had just gotten out of a limousine in Brooklyn was killed when it rolled backward.

The New York Post (http://bit.ly/WQgFGq ) says that Viktor Avaveyev, 53, was pinned between the limo and another vehicle during the accident on Sunday night in Midwood.

The driver, Yan Krainert, 50, from Brooklyn, was taken into custody.

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