Three-year-old on scooter killed by candy van in Bath Beach
A 3-year-old boy was struck and killed by a van delivering candy to 86th Street concessions as he was making a turn from Bay 25th Street onto Benson Avenue in Bath Beach this afternoon, police said.
Witnesses say the child, identified as Emur Shavkator, was with his mother riding a small green scooter on Benson Avenue at around 12:45 p.m. when he was struck by the van as it made a right turn onto Benson.
The boy, who was unconscious when first responders pulled him out from underneath the van, was rushed to Coney Island Hospital where he died, police officials said.