An 11-yr-outdated boy was killed driving his bicycle in the Hamptons on Thursday when a pickup truck driver reversed into him, law enforcement claimed.
The kid was driving his bicycle on City Line Street in Sagaponack, Southampton when a male in a 2022 Ford Ranger who was backing up from a get the job done web-site struck the boy just in advance of 5:30 p.m., Southampton law enforcement stated.
EMS transported the “seriously injured” boy to an region healthcare facility, but he couldn’t be saved, police mentioned.
The boy’s parents were alerted and rushed to the scene together with law enforcement officers, many ambulances and the regional hearth office.
The driver of the pickup truck remained at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation, according to law enforcement.
Southampton Town detectives remained on the scene Thursday night and are conducting a entire investigation.
No costs have been filed.
The boy or girl is the 2nd individual to be fatally struck by a vehicle though using a bike in the Hamptons this 7 days.
On Sunday early morning, a 70-12 months-outdated person on a bicycle was struck by a driver in East Hampton and died in the medical center.
The cyclist, Russell Windsor, collided with a 2011 Toyota Sienna on Montauk Highway in Amagansett as he entered the freeway from the eastbound shoulder. He was rushed to Stony Brook Southampton Clinic, wherever he was pronounced dead, East Hampton law enforcement mentioned.
A part of the highway exactly where the crash transpired, recognised as the Napeague Extend, was closed for various hours subsequent the incident.
The Toyota driver, Mohammad Rahman, remained at the scene and no criminality is suspected, law enforcement mentioned.
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