Freightliner tractor-trailer
Written by Mehul Brahmbhatt on Aug 2nd, 2007 | Filed under: Trucking News
A Wyandanch boy was killed while riding a bicycle he has received as a fifth-grade graduation present. Two other children were critically injured.Dairon Williams, 11, was riding his bicycle on Long Island Avenue in Wyandanch crossing, the street. A Freightliner tractor-trailer driven by a New Jersey man, struck the boy.
In trying to avoid striking the child, the truck driver swerved, but struck a minivan with a Wyandanch family inside. Two children, Melissa Valtrin, 6, and James Lefevre, 5, were critically injured.
Williams died from his injuries. The other two children were treated at the hospital.

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