Vigil Planned For Boy Killed While Riding Bicycle In Jersey City

JERSEY CITY, NJ — A vigil has been planned Sunday for a 6-year-old Jersey City boy who was fatally struck by a vehicle while riding his bicycle Friday.

A police spokesperson said responders were called around 3:53 p.m. Friday regarding a child being struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Sixth Street and Jersey Avenue. He was pronounced dead at 4:03 p.m.

The local community groups Bike JC and SafeStreets JC have planned a community vigil "for our young neighbor who was killed on his bicycle," they said in an announcement on Saturday.

The vigil will be held Sunday night at the gazebo in the center of Hamilton Park.

The park is located between Eighth and Ninth streets, near Jersey Avenue.

Residents posting online said the boy was bicycling with his father near his home in the Hamilton Park neighborhood, and that he was hit by a delivery van.

The police spokesperson said the driver was cooperating with authorities, and no charges had been filed as of Friday.

The vigil will be held at 7 p.m., said the groups. "All are welcome," they said.

Find out more about SafeStreets JC and the vigil here.

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