A 6-year-old boy was left with a fractured skull after he was struck by a motorbike rider on a walkway during a hit-and-run incident inside a Manhattan park, police said
The incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. Sunday in East Harlem's Thomas Jefferson Park, near East 111th Street and First Avenue, according to police. A man was riding the motorized vehicle while on a walkway for pedestrians inside the park when he struck the young boy from behind.
The child, named Henry, was thrown to the ground and was immediately rushed to the hospital in critical condition. He was diagnosed with a brain bleed and multiple skull fractures before being transferred to the pediatric care unit at NY-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where he was clinging to life as of Monday afternoon.
The boy's mother told NBC New York that he opened his eyes Monday morning, so she's hopeful he will survive, but she also said she knows it will be a long road ahead of him.The driver of the motorbike initially remained at the scene for a few minutes, but took off before officers arrived. The mother said the driver stopped and started at the injured child, but didn't say a word before he left when he heard sirens.
Police are searching for the man who was last seen riding the vehicle north in the park toward East 114th Street and Pleasant Avenue.
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