VALLEY STREAM, N.Y. (WCBS 880) -- A Long Island driver was arrested after he struck a 14-year-old bicyclist and fled the scene, police said Thursday.
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The boy was crossing Mill Road at Roosevelt Avenue in Valley Stream around 2:45 p.m. Wednesday when he was struck by a gray Honda Accord traveling northbound on Mill Road.
After hitting the teen, the driver continued up Mill Road, leaving the victim injured at the scene, according to police.
The boy suffered multiple injuries and was rushed by police helicopter to a local hospital, where he was in stable condition.
Police launched an investigation and soon arrested Shakyai Brownlow, 24, without incident.
Brownlow, of Valley Stream, faces charges of second-degree assault, leaving the scene of an incident, criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and reckless driving.
He was scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in Hempstead.
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