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A Bronx driver fatally struck a man on a scooter with her car in a suspected road rage attack, police sources said Sunday. Victim Robert Jimenez, 23, was arguing with a 28-year-old woman driving a Honda Civic before she struck him on Fox St. near Intervale Ave. in Longwood about 2:20 p.m. Saturday, cops said. Both Jimenez and the Honda driver were headed south on Fox and cops are investigating if the driver was chasing Jimenez when she hit him, sources said. Investigators believe the two were strangers. Medics rushed Jimenez to Lincoln Hospital but he couldn’t be saved. He was about two miles from home when he was struck, according to cops. Police took the woman into custody. She remains hospitalized and has not yet been charged with a crime.

Cops on Monday were hunting a hit-and-run scooter rider who slammed into a 6-year-old boy in an East Harlem park, leaving the boy critically hurt.The little victim suffered multiple skull fractures and bleeding on the brain after he was struck by the scooter rider inside Thomas Jefferson Park near E. 111th St. and First Ave. about 6:30 p.m. Sunday, cops said.The scooter rider was zipping south on a pedestrian walkway when he struck the boy, sending him hurtling to the ground.Police released photos of a scooter rider they say struck a 6-year-old boy in an East Harlem Park. (NYPD)The scooter rider stopped but fled the park heading north towards E. 114th St. and Pleasant Ave. before cops arrived, according to police.Paramedics rushed the victim to Harlem Hospital in critical condition.The bo...

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Bronx driver fatally strikes man on scooter in suspected road rage attack

Hit-and-run scooter rider slams into 6-year-old boy in East Harlem park