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

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...