Caution tape sealed off the intersection of 15th Avenue and 38th Street Friday morning after police say a 13-year-old boy was struck by a car shortly after 8 a.m.<\/p>\n
Residents gathered near the scene as investigators worked to determine what led up to the violent crash. Witnesses described a heavy police presence and a chaotic aftermath.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was in the area, but I just saw a lot of people hovering around and tape and stuff around,\u201d said resident Sonny Benun. \u201cI just think the driving around here is a little wild, and it\u2019s got to be a little safer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police sources say the impact threw the teen from the intersection, causing him to land in front of a nearby school bus.<\/p>\n
According to transportation safety data from Zero Data, more than 2,000 people are injured in the area each year, fueling concerns among neighbors who say dangerous driving has become increasingly common.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring peak hours, you cannot move one block to another,\u201d said Mohammed, another resident. \u201cI just personally think it\u2019s sad, but we just need to be careful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Authorities say officers arrived to find the driver still at the scene while the teenager lay unconscious on the ground. Emergency crews rushed the boy to Maimonides Hospital, where he remains in critical condition.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s terrible, terrible,\u201d said resident Monica. \u201cDrivers are not really caring the way they drive. They drive like animals. They should be more aware that people are able to walk out in the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n
News 12 witnessed officers placing a man in handcuffs and escorting him into a police vehicle in custody. However, officials say no formal arrest has been made at this time.<\/p>\n
Neighbors in the tight-knit community say the incident has left many shaken and demanding safer streets.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is something that happens, and people are not really caring about anybody\u2019s life,\u201d Monica added. \u201cMy opinion is – be more careful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Investigators say they are continuing to piece together exactly what caused the crash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caution tape sealed off the intersection of 15th Avenue and 38th Street Friday morning after police say a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-225436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225436","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=225436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}