MONSEY — A 9-year-old Monsey boy was hospitalized Sunday after being struck by a van on Maple Avenue, police said.
The boy, who lives on Decatur Avenue, suffered head trauma. He was treated at the scene by Hatzolah Ambulance Corps and was later taken to Westchester County Medical Center in Valhalla.
His condition was not known Sunday night.
Ramapo police said the youngster was standing on the corner of Decatur Avenue when he apparently saw his school bus traveling east along Maple Avenue around 8:38 a.m.
The boy then ran into the street and was struck by a 1998 GMC van traveling west on Maple Avenue, police said.
The school bus driver later told police that he was slowing down to make a scheduled pickup at the intersection when the accident occurred .
The driver told police that the bus' lights were flashing at the time, but the vehicle had not come to a complete stop.
The driver of the van, a 63-year-old New Square resident, was not injured. The Ramapo Police Accident Investigation Unit is conducting an investigation.
Such accidents are all too familiar to residents living in the densely populated neighborhoods off Route 45.
In August, a 2-year-old girl was killed when she darted out onto Clinton Lane in front of a minivan driven by a neighbor.
Another 2-year-old girl died on April 15 after being struck by a car in the parking lot of the New Square Supermarket on Jefferson Avenue.
Please daven for Moshe yisroel aharon ben hentshe beila.
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ילד כבן שמונה, שרץ להסעה של ה'חיידר', נפצע באורח קשה מאוד, כתוצאה מפגיעה ישירה של מכונית מסחרית.
הילד, המתגורר בעיר מונסי שבמחוז רוקלנד במדינת ניו יורק, לומד בתלמוד תורה של סאטמר, בשכונת מגוריו.
בשעת בוקר יצא הילד מביתו לכיוון ההסעה, שאמורה הייתה לקחת אותו ל'חיידר', אך כאשר חצה את הכביש הראשי ברחוב מעפיל פינת דיקטאר הוא נפגע מרכב, טופל על ידי מתנדבי 'הצלה' ופונה לבית החולים ווסטטשסטר הממוקם בסמיכות למונסי.
הילד הוכנס לחדר הניתוחים כשהוא במצב קשה מאוד.
נא להעתיר בתפילה על הילד משה ישראל אהרן בן הענטשא בילא (גרובער) לרפואה שלמה.
racheim hashem
ReplyDeleteI couldn't believe it. the other day there was a school bus two cars in front of me and when he stopped at an angle and had his red lights flashing, the car in front of me passed him on the side where the child was getting off the bus!! The mother stopped the car and yelled at him but good and it took him longer than if he had waited. Where are some people's brains?!
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