Ridgewood Boy, 9, Hit By Vehicle

A 9-year-old Ridgewood boy was hospitalized with lower leg injuries after he was struck by a car Wednesday afternoon, police said.

Ridgewood police
Photo Credit: *Boyd A. Loving (FILE PHOTO)*

Jerry DeMarco

04/21/2021 6:28 p.m.

The boy ran out from in front of a parked car on Spring Avenue near South Van Dien Avenue and struck the side of a 36-year-old village woman’s Volvo wagon around 1 p.m., Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said.

He was alert and conscious when taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, she said.

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