Safety advocates to lead march from site of crash that killed 10-year-old
Borough Park — Ten-year-old Enzo Farachio was killed on Tuesday while waiting for a bus in Midwood. Two days later, street safety advocates have planned a march in his memory — and in demand of change.
Transportation Alternatives, a nonprofit transit advocacy group, will host “Brooklyn Weeps: A March for Safer Streets” on Thursday evening, starting at the corner of Ocean Avenue and Avenue L, where Farachio was struck and killed on his way home from school.
Cops say the driver of a Lexus SUV was traveling northbound on Ocean Avenue when the driver veered right and mounted the sidewalk at Avenue L, hitting the boy and bringing down nearby scaffolding. Authorities also say the driver may have suffered a medical episode behind the wheel.