LOADING ERROR LOADINGA New York Police Department tow truck driver has been charged in connection with the death of a 7-year-old boy who was struck by the driver’s vehicle as he headed to school, authorities said Friday. Police arrested Stephanie Sharp, 54, and charged her with failure to yield to a pedestrian and failure to exercise due care. AdvertisementSharp, a traffic enforcement agent with the NYPD, was driving her tow truck in Brooklyn just outside of Fort Greene Park on Thursday morning when she allegedly hit the boy, later identified by his school as Kamari Hughes. “My son was amazing,” Hughes’ mom told the New York Daily News. New York City Mayor Eric Adams expressed his condolences in a statement.

Source: Huffington Post October 29, 2023 16:36 UTC