A 15-year-old boy who was being chased on an e-bike by the New York Police Department was killed Saturday night when an SUV hit him near the Queens- Nassau border, authorities said.
The boy was being pursued by officers from the NYPD’s 105th Precinct, who had responded to a 911 call about a robbery just past 8 p.m. at a business on Hillside Avenue in Floral Park, Queens.
Police said they spotted the boy taking off on an e-bike and chased him in a patrol car across the border from Queens in Nassau County. The boy was riding east on Bryant Avenue in North New Hyde Park, the police still in pursuit, when a Lexis GX 460 hit him at the corner of Lakeview Road and Bryant Avenue, according to the Nassau County Police Department.
The boy was pronounced dead at the scene.
The NYPD recently amended its policy on chasing fleeing suspects. The new policy, which went into effect in February, says “Officer discretion to initiate a vehicle pursuit is now limited to only the most serious and violent crimes.”
The driver of the SUV fled the scene and was later arrested by Nassau County police. The driver, Ruyan Ali, 28, from North New Hyde Park, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident with fatality, aggravated unlicensed operation in the second degree, and multiple other traffic violations.
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