GuiYing Ma, attacked with a rock while sweeping friend's sidewalk in Queens in late November, dies

NEW YORK -- A Queens grandmother who was left in a coma after she was attacked by a homeless man has died.

GuiYing Ma passed away from her injuries last week.

Her family says the 62-year-old awoke from her coma earlier this month, but suffered complications from her head injury.

She was hit with a rock while sweeping a friend's sidewalk a few blocks from her home in Corona on the day after Thanksgiving.

Police say it happened after a verbal dispute with 33-year-old Elisaul Perez.

Perez is charged with assault. 

In:
• Queens
• Corona