A 5-year-old boy playing on his Brooklyn street was struck and killed by a meat-delivery truck yesterday, authorities said.
Joel Englender was riding a Big Wheels trike on the sidewalk of Heyward Street in Williamsburg at 5:48 p.m. when he zipped out onto the roadway. He was mowed down by a box truck pulling out of the driveway of a nearby meat factory.
The driver apparently didn’t see the boy, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
“It was a horrible accident. The driver said he never saw the kid,” said a factory employee.
No charges were filed.
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