Overview
- The child was struck around 11 a.m. at Linden Boulevard and Rockaway Parkway in Brownsville, police said.
- The driver left the scene and remains at large, and police have not released a suspect description.
- Witnesses carried the boy into Brookdale University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to reports.
- The NYPD said the vehicle involved was a Ford SUV, and ABC7 reported it was white and headed north on Rockaway Parkway.
- Police are conducting a hit-and-run investigation as the incident adds to recent child pedestrian fatalities in Brooklyn.