The boy was struck and killed while on his way to school with his mother in Fort Greene.
NEW YORK -- A 7-year-old boy was struck and killed by an NYPD tow truck while on his way to school with his mother Thursday in Brooklyn. The crash happened at around 7:45 a.m. at the intersection of North Portland and Myrtle Avenue in Fort Greene.Witnesses said the tow truck driver, 54, was on her cellphone and speeding when she ran the red light. 'I was coming to get my baby's breakfast this morning and the tow truck hit that little boy. He was at a crosswalk.
'She hit that little boy and kept going. I had to tell the housing workers to stop her, from her to keep going. The mother's screaming hysterically, 'They killed my baby!''NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey said the driver stopped immediately and stayed at the scene. 'Our heart goes out to the family of that young boy and his mother, his school, his teachers who were also on the scene, a very tough scene to be at this morning,' said Maddrey.
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