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14-Year-Old on a Bike Gets Broken Bone After Car Strikes Him in a Hit-and-Run

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A 14-year-old boy was knocked off his bicycle when it was struck by a vehicle, resulting in the boy getting a broken bone and bruises Thursday morning on Old Kings Highway South near its intersection with Locust Hill Road. The dark-colored car left the scene without stopping, and police are asking that anyone with information about the matter to get in touch with them. In an announcement Friday morning, police provided these further details:

At about 8:50 a.m., the boy was riding his bicycle on Old Kings Highway South toward Locust Hill Road. He crossed from the west to the east side of the street as he approached the intersection. At the same time, a vehicle traveling west on Locust Hill Road turned right onto Old Kings Highway South.

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Automobile Association: Hit-and-Run Crashes Rising in U.S. and CT, Including Deadly Ones

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Hit and run crashes have killed more than 2,000 people in 2016, which equates to more than one such crash every minute on U.S. roads, reports a new study by the AAA Foundation of Traffic Safety. These types of crashes are the highest number on record and a 60 percent increase since 2009. — This article is an announcement from AAA Northeast
With the number of hit-and-run crashes on the rise, AAA is calling for drivers to be alert on the road to avoid a deadly crash and remain on the scene if a crash occurs. In the study, AAA researchers found:

An average of 682,000 hit-and-run crashes occurred annually since 2006. Nearly 65 percent of people killed in hit-and-run crashes were pedestrians or bicyclists.