Crime & Safety
Teen In Critical Condition After Falling Out Of Pickup Truck: NCPD
Police say teens were doing donuts in a parking lot when one fell out of the bed of the pickup, suffering serious injuries.
BETHPAGE, NY — A teen is in critical condition after an accident while his friend was doing donuts in a Bethpage parking lot Wednesday night, Nassau County police said.
According to police, a 15-year-old boy was driving a 2002 Dodge Dakota pickup truck in a parking lot near Stewart Avenue and Arumdaun Street at 11:25 p.m. on Wednesday. He had two friends sitting in the bed of the pickup truck.
As the teen was driving donuts, police say one of the passengers, a 16-year-old boy, fell out of the truck. He suffered facial and skull fractures from the fall. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he is in critical but stable condition.
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The teen driver was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment. He was issued an appearance ticket and is due back in Family Court on July 12.
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