Crime & Safety

Father and 2-Year-Old Son Hospitalized After Being Hit by Car

The two were struck while crossing West Jericho Turnpike, police say.

SMITHTOWN, NY - A father and his 2-year-old son were hospitalized after they were struck by a car while crossing the street in Smithtown on Wednesday evening, according to Suffolk Police.

The father was holding his son when a man driving a 2007 Ford Econoline struck them leaving the parking lot of 863 W. Jericho Turnpike at 6:20 p.m., police said.

The two were transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip with non-life threatening injuries, police said.

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The boy suffered a fracture to his right femur.

The driver stayed at the scene and no arrests were made.

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