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COURIER LIFE, F 12 EBRUARY 18-24, 2022
5-year-old struck
by Midwood driver
fi ghting for life
Cops investigate the scene of a crash in Midwood that left a
5-year-old boy in critical condition Photos by Arthur De Gaeta
BY BEN BRACHFELD
A 5-year-old boy is
fi ghting for his life after
being struck by a driver
pulling into a Midwood
driveway on Feb. 9.
The incident took
place just before 3 pm
on East 12th Street between
Avenues N and O,
police said.
The driver, a 49-yearold
woman in a BMW
with Florida plates, remained
on the scene,
a police spokesperson
said, and volunteers
with the Orthodox Jewish
ambulance service
Hatzolah provided aid to
the child on scene. The
child was transported
by ambulance to Maimonides
Hospital where
he remains in critical
conditionThe incident is
under investigation.
25 people have died
in traffi c crashes so
far this year, according
to the Department
of Transportation, including
13 pedestrians,
2 motorcyclists, 8
car drivers or passengers,
and 2 operators of
“other motorized” vehicles
including throttle
e-bikes.
Children have not
been spared of the violence:
just a few blocks
away from Wednesday’s
incident, at Coney Island
Avenue and Avenue
J, a teenager was
left in critical condition
after being struck
by a truck while exiting
a city bus. A few weeks
earlier, a 15-year-old girl
was struck and killed by
a hit-and-run school bus
driver.
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