10-Year-Old Hit By Forest Hills Driver Is 'Critically' Hurt: Cops

FOREST HILLS, QUEENS — A 10-year-old boy who was hit by a driver while crossing the street in Forest Hills last Friday remains in critical condition several days later, police said.

At 7:57 on Friday, June 4, the boy was walking across Jewel Avenue in a marked crosswalk at the intersection with 110th Street, when a 21-year-old man driving an SUV hit him, according to the NYPD.

The intersection has two traffic control signals, and the boy was walking across the street when it was not his right of way, according to the NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad's investigation. The male driver, who had a red light earlier, had just begun driving when he hit the boy, sending him careening into the street.

The boy, who hit his head, was transported to Cornell Hospital in critical condition with head trauma. As of Tuesday police told Patch there were no additional updates about the boy's condition and that the investigation remains ongoing.

The young driver remained on the scene and was not injured.

This incident comes about a month after 2021 was deemed the second-deadliest traffic year under Mayor Bill de Blasio — especially for pedestrians who comprise 43 of the 70 traffic deaths from January 1 to April 30 of this year, according to city data highlighted by Transportation Alternatives.