Police say the 17-year-old student had just parked the minivan and stepped out when the vehicle started rolling - apparently because he had not put it in park. As he ran behind it, the more than 3,000-pound van knocked him into a parked SUV, crushing him.
The teen died at Lutheran Medical Center.
Alijahmi's family had immigrated to Brooklyn from Yemen.
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