Helmet Safety Initiative Launched After 8-Year-Old's Death In Parsippany

PARSIPPANY, NJ — The recent death of an eight-year-old boy who was hit and killed while riding his bike has prompted a new Helmet Safety Initiative, according to the Parsippany Police Department.

Through this initiative anytime an officer sees a child riding a bike without a helmet, they can provide them with one so they can return home safely. Some officers were instructed on how to fit helmets onto children properly by the League of American Bicyclists and NJ Bicycle Bike & Walk Coalition.

Along with providing fitted helmets to children biking without one, the initiative will include educating community members of all ages on bicycle safety.

Helmets were donated by Cycle Craft in Parsippany to the PBA Local 131 Civic Association.

Eight-year-old Avyaan Gupta tragically died on July 9 after he was hit by a vehicle while riding his bike along Littleton Road in Parsippany. The initiative comes in response to the tragic loss.