The Journal News is reporting that a 10 year old boy was killed yesterday while riding his bike on Viola Road in Monsey. Full story by clicking "details"

RAMAPO ó A 10-year-old Monsey boy riding his bicycle on Viola Road died yesterday after he was hit by a car, town police said.

Pesach Weinstein was struck by a car driven by Frantz Stivil, 41, of Spring Valley. The gray 1986 BMW was headed westbound near the intersection with Route 306 around 6:29 p.m., as the sun was setting, police said.

A passing physician stopped to administer CPR before the boy was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern by Hatzolah Ambulance Corps, Capt. Steve Kaye of the Spring Hill Community Ambulance Corps said. Rockland Paramedic Services also responded.

Pesach was pronounced dead on arrival, police Lt. Leslie Lampert said. Police did not provide the boy's address or the names of his parents.

Spring Hill Ambulance Corps took Stivil to Good Samaritan Hospital, where he was treated for shock, Kaye said.

The boy's black yarmulke and watch lay on the blood-stained road, several feet away from his helmet and about 10 feet away from his black bike. Medical supplies were scattered on the ground nearby.

The BMW was parked on the shoulder. There was a deep dent on the front bumper and hood.

The boy had no identification, and after police made several telephone calls, a woman and another boy arrived at 7:45 p.m. and approached the bike.

The boy told police he recognized the bicycle.

Police took the woman aside to speak with her, and she screamed, "No!"

Five minutes later, a man sped to the scene, honking the horn of his Volvo and yelling, "It was my kid! My wife just told me."

A crowd of neighborhood children huddled near the yellow police tape and watched.

Hadassah Dubinsky, 14, said she had heard the sound of a collision from her home on Viola Road.

"It was really scary," Dubinsky said. "It was a really loud screech."

There were no charges filed against the driver as of last night, Lampert said.

The accident is under investigation.

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