{"id":783454,"date":"2026-05-09T04:10:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T04:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/783454\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T04:10:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T04:10:31","slug":"boy-13-struck-critically-injured-by-driver-while-crossing-brooklyn-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/783454\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy, 13, struck, critically injured by driver while crossing Brooklyn street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 13-year-old boy crossing a Brooklyn street was struck by a driver, leaving him with serious head injuries Friday morning, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The teen is in critical condition at <a href=\"https:\/\/maimo.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maimonides Medical Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 55-year-old driver stayed at the scene of the collision in Borough Park. He was not immediately charged or summonsed but police are still investigating the incident.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"A 13-year-old boy suffered serious head injuries when he was struck by a blue Nissan Versa that was driving southbound on 15th Ave. at 38th St. in Brooklyn on Friday, May 8, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)\" width=\"9504\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TNY-P18-20260508-104740.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9065789\" \/>A 13-year-old boy suffered serious head injuries when he was struck by a blue Nissan Versa that was driving southbound on 15th Ave. at 38th St. in Brooklyn on Friday, May 8, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n<p>Police said the man was driving his Nissan Versa south on 15th Ave. when he struck the boy at 38th St. just after 8 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The impact left a large dent on the hood of the car.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"A 13-year-old boy suffered serious head injuries when he was struck by a blue Nissan Versa that was driving southbound on 15th Ave. at 38th St. in Brooklyn on Friday, May 8, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)\" width=\"4083\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TNY-P9-20260508-104259.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9065780\" \/>A 13-year-old boy suffered serious head injuries when he was struck by a blue Nissan Versa that was driving southbound on 15th Ave. at 38th St. in Brooklyn on Friday, May 8, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"A 13-year-old boy suffered serious head injuries when he was struck by a blue Nissan Versa that was driving southbound on 15th Ave. at 38th St. in Brooklyn on Friday, May 8, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)\" width=\"6000\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TNY-P25-20260508-105008.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9065793\" \/>A 13-year-old boy suffered serious head injuries when he was struck by a blue Nissan Versa that was driving southbound on 15th Ave. at 38th St. in Brooklyn on Friday, May 8, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"A 13-year-old boy suffered serious head injuries when he was struck by a blue Nissan Versa that was driving southbound on 15th Ave. at 38th St. in Brooklyn on Friday, May 8, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)\" width=\"9504\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TNY-P48-20260508-111342.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9065794\" \/>A 13-year-old boy suffered serious head injuries when he was struck by a blue Nissan Versa that was driving southbound on 15th Ave. at 38th St. in Brooklyn on Friday, May 8, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 13-year-old boy crossing a Brooklyn street was struck by a driver, leaving him with serious head injuries&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":783455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,2451,3059,5295,1370,728,405,403,5294,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,5293,5321,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-783454","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-city","10":"tag-county","11":"tag-crime-and-public-safety","12":"tag-latest-headlines","13":"tag-local-news","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-new-york-county","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-newyork","19":"tag-newyorkcity","20":"tag-ny","21":"tag-nyc","22":"tag-nyc-crime","23":"tag-sub-county-region","24":"tag-united-states","25":"tag-united-states-of-america","26":"tag-unitedstates","27":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","28":"tag-us","29":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116542665004736618","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}