Akeem Suluki in Critical Condition after Hit and Run
A teenager was arrested in a nearly fatal Brooklyn hit and run that sent a 9-year-old boy to the hospital in critical condition.
Shyquan Burns, 16, was charged as an adult. The accident which occurred around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Reid Avenue and Macon Street in Bed-Stuy.
Witnesses said Burn’s white Dodge Charger was speeding down Reid when it struck 9-year-old Akeem Suluki as he crossed near P.S. 262 with the help of a crossing guard.
“She tried to pull him back. She wasn’t fast enough and the car hit him,” Akeem’s sister Shaniqua Harris said.
His mother, Khadija Suluki, said, “That’s my baby. Out of six kids. That’s my baby.”
Community leaders joined Akeem’s family last night at King’s County Hospital.
“He’s bleeding in the brain. His lung is collapsed. He has a cast from his waist down,” Suluki said.
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poor kid. but why was the suspect charged as an adult?
I hate it when someone gets hurt due to irresponsible people
it’s a hit and run.. he could have stop down and help! anyway. it is always wrong by driving irresponsibly.
Because he’s guilty & there’s a very very high possibility that he might go in jail. So maybe that’s why he didnt stop.
can’t imagine what i would do if something like this happened to me (as a driver).. that explains why we need to drive carefully.. man.. it is getting harder to live…
he was my best friend since daycare we will always remeber each other
O God please do some miracle for this young boy .
Really extremely sorry for this happening.How could be one so careless in driving that he hit the little boy?
This Shantaniqua Williams from P.s.262 last year classmate in the fourth- grade now I am in the fifth-grade Akeem Suluki would had been in my class again if he was alive he was a great kid I will never miss him. Love, Shantaniqua .M. Williams
WoW, I really miss him why did he get hit so early well, he should have not got hit any way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love, Shantaniqua Williams
Damn , smh it been four years with out him being here with us ! Smh I wish he was still here ! R.I.P
Akeem
Love , Shantaniqua<3