A young boy was killed by a hit-and-run driver after he ran into the street in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n
The NYPD responded to a 911 call for a collision at Linden Boulevard and Rockaway Parkway just after 11 a.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n
What You Need To Know<\/p>\n
The NYPD responded to a 911 call for a collision at Linden Boulevard and Rockaway Parkway just after 11 a.m. Thursday
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The child was taken just a few hundred feet away to Brookdale Hospital where he died. Police say the boy\u2019s mother was there when the crash happened
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The group Transportation Alternatives says this is the fourth child killed in a traffic collision so far this year<\/p>\n
Police say the 4-year-old was running down the street when he was struck by a Ford SUV.<\/p>\n
Investigators say the unidentified person behind the wheel just kept driving.<\/p>\n
“It’s reckless. It’s a child, it’s a minor. Have some consideration. Stop. I mean, you did the crime, do the time,” said Katrina, a Brooklyn resident who was passing by intersection.<\/p>\n
“Ridiculous, sad, I hope these cameras caught them because you’re about to go down,” said Shay, another Brooklyn resident.<\/p>\n
The child was taken just a few hundred feet away to Brookdale Hospital where he died. Police say the boy\u2019s mother was there when the crash happened.<\/p>\n
“For it to be a child, it’s hard. I can’t imagine what the parents are going through right now,” said Shay.<\/p>\n
The group Transportation Alternatives says this is the fourth child killed in a traffic collision so far this year.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the group said, \u201cWe must build a New York City that\u2019s safe for children \u2014 and that means finally implementing Sammy\u2019s Law to ensure drivers are moving at a safe 20 mph\u2026 Every parent should feel safe walking on the street with their child, but they can\u2019t until our streets are safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sources tell NY1 police are looking for the driver of a white Ford SUV. No arrests have been made and the investigation continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A young boy was killed by a hit-and-run driver after he ran into the street in Brooklyn. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[387,25,98,100,99,9,24,12,63,308,332,27],"class_list":["post-154892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-app-public-safety","tag-app-top-stories","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-public-safety","tag-rebecca-greenberg","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}