{"id":305470,"date":"2026-07-25T13:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/305470\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T13:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:32:08","slug":"boy-girl-struck-by-car-while-riding-bicycles-in-astoria-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/305470\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy, girl struck by car while riding bicycles in Astoria, Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:WABC;\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"WABC\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"384\" height=\"100\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/aol_wabc_982.png\"\/><\/a>Sat, July 25, 2026 at 1:05 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>A driver is in custody after police say he hit two children with his vehicle in Queens.<\/p>\n<p>It happened around 5:30 p.m. Friday near the intersection of 21st Street and 31st Road in Astoria.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators believe the victims, an 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, were riding their bicycles when they were struck.<\/p>\n<p>Video from the scene showed damage to a bicycle as well as the front bumper and windshield of a sedan.<\/p>\n<p>Both victims were taken to Harlem Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>There was no word on the extent of their injuries, but both are expected to survive.<\/p>\n<p>The driver stayed at the scene.  Charges in the case are pending.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-*<a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/newsletters\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"> Get Eyewitness News Delivered<\/a>*  <a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/new-york\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">More New York City news<\/a>* <a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/7ny.tv\/submitnewstip\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Send us a news tip<\/a>* <a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/apps\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts<\/a>*<a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCrlIS7z20CnVaCrMvdkig_g\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"> Follow us on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Submit a tip or story idea to Eyewitness News<\/p>\n<p>Have a breaking news tip or an idea for a story we should cover? Send it to Eyewitness News using the form below.    If attaching a video or photo, <a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/image-video-solicitation-and-rights-terms-of-use\/5101040\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">terms of use apply.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sat, July 25, 2026 at 1:05 PM UTC A driver is in custody after police say he hit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-305470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305470","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=305470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}