Woman driving Honda SUV fatally strikes 5-year-old boy near College Point playground.
A 25-year-old woman driving a Honda SUV struck and killed a 5-year-old boy on 124th Street near Poppenhusen Playground in College Point at 6:06 p.m. on May 18, 2024; police told amNewYork that the driver was pulling out of a parking spot as the boy entered the roadway between parked vehicles.
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What We Know
A 25-year-old woman driving a Honda SUV struck and killed a 5-year-old boy on 124th Street near Poppenhusen Playground. Police told amNewYork that the driver was pulling out of a parking spot as the boy entered the roadway between parked vehicles; the official record describes a southbound, straight-ahead movement. Press reports say the boy was taken to Jacobi Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, and that the driver remained at the scene.
Police and official records describe the driver's movement differently.
Police told amNewYork that a 25-year-old woman driving a Honda SUV was pulling out of a parking spot and heading south when the boy entered the roadway between two parked vehicles.
The official record lists a southbound direction and a straight-ahead pre-crash movement. It classifies the vehicle as a 2008 Honda in the station wagon/SUV category; the Queens Daily Eagle and El Diario identified it as a Honda CR-V.
The crash happened beside a playground.
The crash happened on 124th Street in College Point, Queens, near Poppenhusen Playground. ABC7 described the site as right next to a playground; amNewYork and the Queens Daily Eagle identified it as Poppenhusen Playground.
Press reports said the boy was taken to Jacobi Medical Center.
The Queens Daily Eagle reported that the boy suffered head injuries and was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals Jacobi, where he was pronounced dead.
The driver remained at the scene. In reports published May 19, FOX 5 said no charges had been filed; ABC7 reported that police suspected no criminality and that the investigation was ongoing.
A neighbor called for speed bumps.
Neighbor Ada Herrara told ABC7: “This is crazy because the speed bumps need to be put all over the park.”