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Tender farewell for Yonkers hit-and-run victim

O'Meeka Johnson, in black, buries her daughter Keyiarra

Photo credit: Faye Murman | O'Meeka Johnson, in black, buries her daughter Keyiarra Price at Oakland Cemetery in Yonkers. Price, 16, was struck and killed by an alleged drunken driver last Friday. (June 29, 2012)

A Yonkers high school cheerleader who was killed in a hit-and-run accident was laid to rest on Friday morning in a tearful farewell brightened with yellow roses.

More than three dozen mourners gathered at Oakland Cemetery in Yonkers around 11 a.m. to bury Keyiarra Price, 16. The Gorton High School sophomore was struck and killed June 22 by an alleged drunken driver as she walked home on Valentine...

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