Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY +Child Struck+

Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY +Child Struck+ A motor vehicle accident with an 18-month-old child that was struck at 858 East 26th Street and Avenue “I” when the infant ran behind the gold/beige vehicle while it was backing out the driveway by an 84-year-old widow neighbor. Hatzolah responding BLS and Medics.

U/D: 18:01
Hatzolah transporting child to Kings County Hospital. NYPD of the 70th Pct are on the scene requesting NYPD Highway-2 A.I.S. units for the confirmed A.I. Job, aided is in traumatic arrest he is in likely condition.

U/D: 18:48
Child was pronounced DOA at the hospital. Chesed Shel Emes on the scene.

U/D: 21:16
Officials now believe that the driver of the vehicle didn’t even realize that he struck the child and therefor left the scene. [VIN]