A 5-year-old Latino boy was hit and killed near his home by a hit-and-run driver yesterday in Queens (NYC).
Today he was identified as Jonathan Martínez. According to NYPD, the minor was crossing 100 th St. at McIntosh St., East neighborhood Elmhurst, yesterday around 5: pm while the his father held his hand. Next to them was also another boy of years old .
A white Dodge Ram pickup truck turning left on McIntosh St. hit the 5-year-old boy and kept going, detailed Daily News , who published a video of the fatal accident.
The little victim suffered serious head and torso injuries. Paramedics arrived and immediately began cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), a witness said. “The baby was on the ground with blood all over his face,” said Ayaan Ahmed. “I walked over and he was unconscious. The people around him, his parents, were crying.” He was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital, but he could not be saved.
The fugitive driver is a local resident and this morning the police were working on his surrender. Anyone with information should call 1-577-577-TIPS (74782) and in Spanish 1 -800-57-CLUE (74782). Also through crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text message to 274637 (CRIMES), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.
This year has been particularly disastrous on New York asphalt in the five boroughs. From January 1 to July 31, some 150 people died in road accidents, according to the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT).
In addition to armed violence, traffic accidents have been another great challenge for the new mayor, Eric Adams. This despite “Vision Zero”, a road safety plan created in 2014 by the then new Mayor Bill de Blasio, who promised to make the city safer for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists, with a goal of zero deaths by 2024.
Total, 38 people died in road accidents in July, almost twice as many 20 June victims. New York City had already experienced an increase of 10 in April. % in traffic accidents, warned NYPD. At the end of that month there was a tragic streak at an average of one person killed by a run over every day.
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