1-year-old boy clings to life following Brooklyn SUV crash

A 1-year-old lad was critically injured aft an SUV slammed into the kid successful Brooklyn connected Thursday, cops said.

The toddler darted distant from his parent connected 59th St. mid-block adjacent 12th Ave. successful Borough Park erstwhile the operator of a Ford Expedition struck him astir 3:23 p.m., according to constabulary and witnesses.

The NYPD Highway Patrol investigates aft a kid was struck by an SUV connected 59th Street adjacent 12th Ave. successful Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York City connected Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Gardiner Anderson for New York Daily News)

Medics rushed the kid to Maimonides Medical Center successful captious condition, cops said.

Rivky Stein, 29, was sitting extracurricular her 59th St. location erstwhile she saw the small lad interruption distant from his ma and dash into the street.

“The babe ran retired into the thoroughfare and his parent ran close aft him,” said Stein. “It happened successful the blink of an eye.”

“The mediocre small happening was look down and looked unconscious,” Stein added. “The operator stayed connected the scene. He looked truthful sad. So sad.”

The operator of the SUV remained connected the country and determination were nary arrests.

The clang is being investigated by the NYPD’s Highway Collision Investigation Squad.