Traffic & Transit
10-Year-Old Cyclist Killed By Licenseless Brooklyn Driver: Cops
Victor Mejia faces criminal charges for fatally crashing into 10-year-old Dalerjon Shahobiddinov in Kensington this weekend, police said.
KENSINGTON, BROOKLYN — A 10-year-old boy was killed riding his bike in a Brooklyn street when he was hit by an SUV driver without a license, according to police.
Victor Mejia, 29, faces criminal charges after he tried to turn left at Foster Avenue and Seton Place just after 10:30 a.m. Saturday and slammed into Dalerjon Shahobiddinov, 10, in the crosswalk, police said.
Emergency responders rushed Dalerjon to Maimonides Medical Center but doctors could not save his life, said police.
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Mejia, of Kensington, stayed at the crash and was arrested on charges of failure to yield to a bicyclist, driving without a license and failure to exercise due care, police said.
Dalerjon is one of 24 cyclists to die in the streets of New York City this year.
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