A 15-year-old Queens armed mugging suspect on an e-bike fleeing NYPD cops was fatally struck by an unlicensed hit-and-run Lexus driver after crossing into Long Island, police said Sunday.
Cops responding to a 911 call about a knife-point robbery in progress outside a corner pharmacy in Floral Park came across the suspect about 8 p.m. Saturday, police said.
Officers pursued the teen on his e-bike for a little over a mile from Hillside Ave. and 257th St. into New Hyde Park in Nassau County, just over the Queens border, an NYPD spokesman said.
The teen was headed east on Bryant Ave. when a 2015 Lexus driven by 28-year-old Ruyan Ali slammed into him while going south on Lakeville Road, Nassau County police said.
The teen died art the scene and Ali tried to flee but was arrested nearby, Nassau County cops said.
Ali is charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident, aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle and traffic violations, Nassau cops said.
He was slated to be arraigned in First District Court in Hempstead Sunday morning.
The NYPD’s Force Investigation Division is probing the crash that killed the teen, who was not immediately identified by police.
With Rocco Parascandola
