Detectives are still searching for the hit-and-run driver who struck an 11-year-old boy riding a scooter in Gravesend on Monday evening, leaving the youngster critically injured.
According to police, the driver of a black 2026 Acura Integra was traveling northbound on Ocean Parkway at 5:50 p.m. when they collided with the child, who was riding an motorized scooter, at the corner of Avenue V. The collision was so severe that debris hurtled through the air, striking a 25-year-old pedestrian nearby.
Despite the impact, police reported, the Acura driver did not stop and instead sped away from the scene.
Both victims were rushed to Maimonides Medical Center, where the 11-year-old is listed in critical condition. The 25-year-old suffered minor injuries to his leg.
The black Acura was later found abandoned in Ocean Parkway and Avenue R, police said.
Pieces of the child’s destroyed scooter could be seen scattered around the crash site as members of the NYPD Highway Collision Investigation Squad investigated on Monday night. A sneaker was also spotted in the middle of the rain-slick roadway.
No arrests have been made, and the investigation remains ongoing.
Collisions involving motorized two-wheel vehicles are up 8% in the 61st Precinct, where Monday’s crash occurred, per NYPD data. So far this year, the precinct has seen 94 incidents involving the vehicles, none fatal. Five people have died in traffic collisions in the precinct this year, down from seven at the same time last year, though traffic fatalities are up slightly across Brooklyn.
The crash occurred just blocks from the devastating Ocean Parkway crash that killed a 34-year-old mother and two of her children on March 29. Ocean Parkway has seen dozens of crashes this year, according to NYPD statistics, and at least one other pedestrian has been injured in a crash at the intersection of Avenue V this year. According to data compiled by CrashMapper, at least 35 people have been injured in 15 different crashes at the intersection in the past five years.
Anyone with information regarding the driver’s whereabouts can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, or on X (formerly Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are kept confidential.
A version of this story first appeared on Brooklyn Paper’s sister site amNewYork.
