TRAGEDY
STRIKES
BY MEAGHAN MCGOLDRICK
& ROSE ADAMS
A driver fatally struck a 4-year-old
boy and left another child in critical
condition after dropping the children
off outside a school in Bensonhurst
Monday morning, Dec. 4.
Police say the motorist drove the
children to a yeshiva on 67th Street
near 20th Avenue at around 9:18 am,
and let them out of the blue van before
hitting the two children and driving
away, apparently without noticing the
crash.
The driver drove to his home in
Brooklyn, but returned to the scene after
the yeshiva contacted him, according
The Saghir Lewis Team
COURIER L 4 IFE, JANUARY 8-14, 2021
to area Councilman Mark Treyger.
“The driver claims he didn’t know
a child was killed,” said Treyger. “This
just doesn’t add up to me.”
First responders pronounced the
younger child dead at the scene, while
paramedics rushed the 5-year-old victim
for treatment at Maimonides Medical
Center, where he is expected to
survive.
The children’s school, Yeshiva
K’Tana of Bensonhurst, is located
around the corner from PS 207 on
20th Avenue. Neither street has a reduced
speed limit as part of a School
Slow Zone, according to Department of
FATAL CRASH: Offi cers from the 62nd Precinct investigate a traffi c collision at 67th Street
and 20th Avenue that left one child dead on Dec. 4. Photos by Lloyd Mitchell
Transportation records.
Treyger lamented the crash, and
said that police are working to obtain
video footage of the incident.
“This is just horrible, horrible
news to start the new year in our community,”
he said. “We need a lot more
information than we have now, but the
bottom line is that a young boy is dead
right now, and that’s unacceptable.”
Transportation advocates blamed
the boy’s death on Mayor Bill de Blasio’s
failure to implement more safe
streets infrastructure.
“These crashes are not just a failure
in judgement on the part of drivers,
but also a failure in leadership on
the part of elected offi cials who have
not taken the steps to prioritize human
lives over cars,” said Transportation
Alternatives Executive Director
Danny Harris. “Unless Mayor de
Blasio takes immediate action to save
lives and save his Vision Zero legacy,
more people, including children, will
die.”
One child dead, another critical
after crash in Bensohurst
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