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5-Year-Old Boy Dies In Queens Street Racing Accident

By Lependorf & Silverstein

A 5-year-old boy has died in a tragic hit-and-run auto accident in Queens when two teenagers drag racing in their car hit the sport utility vehicle the boy was riding in, according to a CBS News report. The article states the boy, Jordan McLean, was ejected from his aunt?s SUV after the collision occurred. Jordan?s mother, who was also a passenger in the vehicle, suffered injuries and is recovering in a local hospital, according to the report. Police are now searching for two teenagers who they believe caused the fatal accident, which happened at the intersection of 109th Avenue and 164th Place in Jamaica. To worsen matters, many neighbors say that this accident was nothing out of the ordinary and that street racing is something that happens all the time in this neighborhood...continue to full post

Full post as published by New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog on May 31, 2008 (boomark / email).