A 10-year-old boy was riding his bike almost a mile from his home at 9:30 p.m. last Thursday when an SUV fatally struck him in a Castor Gardens intersection, police said.
Police identified the victim as Mekhi Freeman, of the 7100 block of Eastwood St. He was riding his bike near Loretto and Longshore avenues when a 2002 Cadillac Escalade struck him and dragged him about 50 feet, police said. The vehicle had been traveling southbound on Loretto.
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The motorist remained at the scene to await the arrival of authorities. Paramedics took the victim to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, where he was pronounced dead at 1:45 a.m. Friday from unspecified injuries. No criminal charges have been filed. ••
