Crime & Safety
Boy, 8, Killed While Riding Bike In Parsippany: Officials
The boy had not been identified as of Wednesday night; authorities said the SUV driver is cooperating with the investigation.
Update: Officials identified the victim as Avyaan Gupta of Parsippany, and a GoFundMe has been established for his family.
PARSIPPANY, NJ — Officials are continuing to investigate a fatal crash in Parsippany on Tuesday evening that killed an 8-year-old boy.
Officials said the child is believed to have been on a bicycle, in the area of 189 Littleton Road, when the driver of a 2022 Mazda CX5 hit him at about 5:34 p.m. First responders declared the boy dead at the scene, and he had not been identified as of Wednesday evening. .
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The address that the Morris County Prosecutor's Office gave is for a residential complex; officials have not released much more information about what happened.
Littleton Road was closed for a time between Smith and Parsippany Roads, according to township police. Paramedics from Parsippany-Troy Hills EMSand Saint Clare’s Denville also responded to the scene.
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The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, Morris County Sheriff’s Office, and township police will collaborate on an investigation into the crash.
Two other pedestrians have been killed in Parsippany this year, both in crashes along U.S. 46.
This is the fourth fatal crash in the township in 2024, and the 11th in Morris County, according to New Jersey State Police statistics and previous Patch reporting.
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