A 12-year-old boy crossing by a busy Lengthy Island intersection was fatally struck by a younger driver in a pickup truck throughout night rush hour Monday, police stated.
The sufferer, whose id has not but been launched, ran outdoors of a crosswalk on Center Neck Highway close to the intersection of Northern Boulevard about 6:38 p.m. in Flower Hill, an space simply south of Nice Neck in Nassau County, authorities stated.
He was hit by a northbound 2023 Ford pickup truck being pushed by an 18-year-old. The boy was rushed to a neighborhood hospital in important situation and later pronounced useless, in accordance with authorities.
The motive force remained on the scene, and police stated they’re nonetheless investigating the crash.
A number of weeks in the past, in close by New Hyde Park, a motorcyclist concerned in a road-rage incident on the Lengthy Island Expressway service street was additionally fatally struck by a pickup truck.
That driver, Brian Noll, 64, of Scio in western New York intentionally swerved his automobile into the motorbike of 29-year-old Bronx man Ibis Alex Baez, police stated.
The affect left Baez pinned to a guardrail, the place he was pronounced useless.
