Boy Hit By Car in Chelsea Dies

The 8-year-old boy who was in critical condition after being hit by a car on West 17th Street Friday night passed away yesterday. Prince Harris Jr., a third-grader at PS 138, had dashed ino the street from between parked cars when a Toyota Scion hit him. A witness described the impact of the accident to the Post, "The car... threw him up in the air. His sneakers were about 70 feet from where he landed."

The boy had been headed to the park with relatives around 7:45PM. According to the Daily News, his father, Prince Harris Sr., who witnessed the accident, had traveled to the city from NJ to spend the day with his son: "He said to me, 'Daddy, daddy, give me five.' He said, 'I want to go to the park.'" The driver of the car stayed behind until police arrived and was not charged with a crime.

Residents say the traffic around West 17th Street and Ninth Avenue is dangerous. One resident told the News, "The kids around here are in a lot of danger because they're out playing and these cars come speeding around the block."

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By Jen Chung in News on October 7, 2007 9:20 AM

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guest

The new traffic scheme with bike lane, etc. won't make this stretch any safer. It'll be a mess.

akrnyc

this is very sad. #2, there are families that have lived there for many years near that instersection, long before the influx of the "douchebags" that frequent Maritime, Buddakan, etc.

Also, Albert, you are a pathetic excuse for a human being..

RatherBeBiking

Mr. Albert is clearly not one with the lulz and has failed to achieve any today.

smitty

Oh no! Very sad.

guest

Professor Patterson presents the statistics, which are staggering - these are the FACTS.

guest

It's funny how even a black Harvard sociology professor thinks that the black "situation" is essentially hopeless, with the kind of values and attitudes instilled within most of these households. Read Orlando Patterson's op-ed article in last week's Sunday NYT...

Albert Sharpton

#7, I hope your mother gets raped by this kid's father in central park.

guest

#3 May you die slowly of a terminal disease before you reach old age...

Kojak

Well I didn't want the kid to DIE... its still sad.

Perhaps if he was spanked more this would've been prevented.

ed_Extinct

RIP

Albert Sharpton

Did the mother die from grief? Where is she?

Albert Sharpton

Look at that face! ,what a beautiful child. I think the father should sue the city for not making the streets retarded proof. Now we'll never see this child's true potential.....selling candy for his basketball team on the subways..."I have starburst,M &M's and skittles.".. sigh.

guest

Well it seems tragic, yet entirely preventable. All traffic is dangerous, really. Kids are not supposed to rush into the street from between cars mid-block. Even if a driver is not speeding it can be impossible to stop in time. Why are these kids playing in the street in front of their homes? I feel sorry for everyone all around.