Video: Teens on scooter mow down man on Long Island sidewalk

Wednesday, November 14, 2018
CEDARHURST, Long Island (WABC) -- Surveillance video captured a hit-and-run involving a motorized scooter that happened on the sidewalk on Long Island.

Police say a 54-year-old man was walking out of a business in Cedarhurst when he was hit.
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The driver and a passenger fell off the scooter after the crash then ran away.

The victim suffered a serious leg injury, but he was expected to recover.

He said the driver looked to be between 15 and 17 years old and that the passenger looked even younger.
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Both were wearing white shirts, black pants and yarmulkes on their heads.

UPDATE: Yosef Soyonov, 17, of Cedarhurst was arrested in this case and is charged with third-degree assault, second-degree reckless endangerment and leaving the scene of an accident with personal injury.

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