Traffic & Transit
Boy, Woman Injured In Farmingdale Car Crash: Police
The woman was hospitalized in critical condition after being dragged several feet, police say.
FARMINGDALE, NY — A woman was critically injured and a boy seriously injured in a crash in Farmingdale on Friday afternoon, Nassau police said.
A boy, 12, and a woman, 69, were walking south on Fulton Street, in the crosswalk, when they were struck by a 2009 Honda SUV driven by an 80-year-old woman at 2:50 p.m., police said. The driver was making a right-hand turn heading westbound onto Fulton Street when she struck and ran over the boy and then struck and dragged the woman, police said.
The boy was airlifted to a hospital in serious but stable condition, police said. The woman suffered severe trauma and was transported to a local area hospital where she is listed in critical condition, police said.
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No further injuries were reported, police said. Detectives are investigating.
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