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A 13-year-old boy backs a vehicle over a man, killing him

KIRYAS JOEL – A 13-year-old boy who was backing a vehicle into a driveway in the village of Kiryas Joel struck and killed a 36-year-old resident, state police said.

Police said the teen backed a 2024 Honda Odyssey into the driveway around 9 p.m. Tuesday and accelerated sharply, striking the victim, identified as Abraham Moskovits.

He was removed from underneath the vehicle and taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, where he died, police said.