An eight-year-old was struck and killed by an RV emblazoned with “Mike Ricatto Special Election 32nd City Council District” as he crossed the street.
The accident happened at Woodhaven Boulevard and Liberty Avenue, between Rockaway Boulevard and Liberty, at about 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 6.
A police source said that the child, reportedly a young boy, had his skull crushed. The source also told The Courier that the boy, who attended P.S. 63, was with another child when the fatal accident occurred.
“I saw a limp body covered with a white sheet,” said a worker who answered the phone at P.C. Richard – located across the street from where the incident took place. “There were a whole bunch of police and ambulances,” said the employee, who did not give a name.
The vehicle remained on the scene, and the driver, said the source, who had a suspended license, has been arrested.
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