A Maspeth man was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an accident causing death after he allegedly struck a 3-year-old boy and drove away from the scene.
File photo by Lloyd Mitchell
A Maspeth man was arrested on Nov. 30 and booked at the 109th Precinct in Flushing in connection with the fatal hit-and-run collision that killed a 3-year-old boy on Nov. 29.
Kevin Gomez, 20, of 60th Road in Maspeth was charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death after he allegedly struck the youngster and drove off before ditching the vehicle a few blocks away, according to the NYPD.
A preliminary investigation by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad determined that Gomez was behind the wheel of a white four-door Infiniti Q50 sedan that was parked in a no standing zone in front of a commercial strip near the intersection on College Point Boulevard and 41st Avenue at around 6:40 p.m. when 3-year-old Quintas Chen darted in front of his car. Gomez allegedly pulled away from the curb and hit the youngster causing him to fall onto the roadway, where he was struck by the Infiniti’s tires. As the boy’s father screamed at Gomez to stop, he drove away from the scene before ditching the car four blocks south on College Point Boulevard at Pople Avenue.
EMS responded to the scene and rushed the youngster to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
An NYPD spokesman could not provide additional information on how the arrest of Gomez was effectuated, saying only that he was charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and driving without a license.
Assemblymember Ron Kim, who hosted a press conference Thursday following the fatal collision, divulged on social media that Gomez was driving with a learner’s permit on the night of the fatal collision, and he thanked the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad for their work on the case.
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