An eight-year-old Bangladeshi boy who was walking with his sister to school was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer on Friday at an intersection in Queens, New York, just two blocks from his home, reports The New York Times. Friday was the last day of school before winter break, and the boy, Noshat Nahian, was carrying a present for his third-grade teacher, according to his father.
But as he walked across the intersection of 61st Street and Northern Boulevard in Woodside at about 8:00am, Noshat was struck by the truck’s rear tires as the driver was making a left turn onto Northern Boulevard, the police said. The boy’s sister was not hit, they added.
Noshat’s family had arrived in the United States two months ago from Dhaka, Bangladesh, on what was supposed to be a short visit, his father, M Osma Miah, said in front of the family’s home on 32nd Avenue. But Noshat insisted they stay, he said.
Osma Miah said he was training to become a deliveryman and hoped to one day buy Noshat a laptop, because the boy loved video games and computers.
The truck driver, identified by the police as Mauricio Osorio-Palominos, 51, of Newark, was arrested and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor, and operating a vehicle in violation of safety rules. Osorio-Palominos was working for Roadtex Transportation Corporation, a shipping company based in New Jersey, the police said.
A spokesman for the company could not immediately be reached for comment.
-With UNB/New Age input
