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Man, 76, arrested in crash that killed Staten Island boy, 4, outside Yeshiva school in Brooklyn
Updated Feb 18, 2021;
Posted Feb 18, 2021
An NYPD patrol unit was stationed outside Yeshiva Ketana of Bensonhurst on Jan. 4, hours after a 4-year-old boy was killed and a 6-year-old boy injured after police say they were struck by a 76-year-old driver who had just dropped them off. (Staten Island Advance/Kyle Lawson)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A 76-year-old man has been arrested in a crash outside a Brooklyn Yeshiva school where a 4-year-old boy from Staten Island died and a 6-year-old boy was injured.
Yehiel Guzi of Little Mountain Road in Old Tappan, N.J., stands accused in the pedestrian crash on Jan. 4 at about 9 a.m. on 67th Street near 20th Avenue, according to a statement from the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information.
At the time of the accident, police had said the driver, now believed to be Guzi, was heading south when he struck the two boys. Video shows the van come to a stop 30 yards from the scene of the accident and wait for almost 10 seconds, before taking off. The driver would voluntarily return to talk with police shortly after, however. Police said he was unaware he had even hit a child, let alone two.
The 4-year-old, identified as Yoshi Balaban, of Staten Island, was pronounced dead at the scene. The 6-year-old was taken to a hospital in critical condition but had been expected to survive. No update on his status was given Thursday.