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15-Year-Old Boy Critically Injured in Williamsburg Hit-and-Run, Police Say

January 22, 2016 9:55am | Updated January 22, 2016 9:55am
The boy was hit by a red minivan on Broadway Thursday, police say.
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WILLIAMSBURG — A 15-year-old boy was critically injured when he walked into the street mid-block and was hit by a minivan that drove away Thursday night, police said.

The boy, whose name was not immediately released, walked into the street outside 276 Broadway, about 150 feet from the intersection at Havemeyer Street, about 8:54 p.m. when the red minivan hit him, an NYPD spokesman said.

The van fled the scene and there were no arrests as of Friday morning, police said.

The boy was listed in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital, police said.

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