(Washington Insider Magazine) – A 16-year-old teenager died yesterday in Queens after spending more than two weeks in a coma after being hit by his bicycle on Long Island (NY). At the time of the accident, he was going to his weekend job at a McDonald’s restaurant.
Benjamin Daggett, a 16-year-old teenager, died yesterday after spending more than two weeks in a coma after being struck by a car on his bicycle in Syossett, Long Island (NY).
Daggett was cycling to his weekend job at a McDonald’s restaurant when he was struck, his mother said. The Nassau County Police Department said the young man was traveling northbound on South Oyster Bay Road on Sunday, January 15, at around 10:45 a.m. he was struck by a 2017 Nissan driven by a man that turned east on Long Island Expressway Service Road.
Syosset Fire Department
An ambulance from the Syosset Fire Department took Daggett to a hospital in critical condition with severe head trauma. He was treated at Cohen’s Children’s Hospital in Queens, where he remained in a coma for 16 days until he died early Wednesday morning, Fox News reported.
“He was a typical teenager who did nothing wrong. He wasn’t doing anything abnormal. He was going to work at his weekend job and was planning to go to college,” his mother, Jaime Daggett, lamented to Newsday. “He had hopes and dreams and he wanted to one day help others as a counselor… There were a lot of good things he wanted and he couldn’t do.”
The unidentified 54-year-old driver remained at the scene. No charges have been announced in the case.
This article is authored by EI Diario.
