New York’s lawyer basic introduced an investigation Friday into the dying of a girl who was struck and killed by an unmarked police automobile in Brooklyn.
The girl, who has not been recognized, was mendacity in the midst of a road within the East New York neighborhood when she was hit by a Toyota minivan shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday, police mentioned. She was taken to a hospital, the place she was pronounced lifeless.
A police spokesperson confirmed Friday that the Toyota was a police automobile and the driving force was an officer.
Lawyer Normal Letitia James mentioned her workplace has opened an investigation, as is required by New York state legislation when law enforcement officials trigger an individual’s dying.
Police mentioned the NYPD freeway district’s collision investigation squad can be investigating.