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9-year-old Jewish boy hit and killed by school bus in Brooklyn
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLuke Tress is The Times of Israel's New York correspondent.
A 9-year-old Jewish boy is struck and killed by a school bus in Brooklyn.
Yoel Jacobowitz was on his way to study at yeshiva this morning when he was hit, Yeshiva World News reports.
He was hit by the bus in the Williamsburg neighborhood, the home base of the Satmar Hasidic movement, around the intersection of Lee Ave. and Lorimer St.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he is “devastated” by the death and that the accident “is a painful reminder that we must continue to use every tool available to make our streets safe.”
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