New Square, NY - Police Urged Drivers To Be Extra-Careful And Watch Their Speed

New Square, NY - The 4-year-old girl that was hit by a delivery van remained in critical condition at Westchester Medical Center.

Freida Langsam suffered severe injuries to her chest and head when she was run over by a 1998 Ford van at 2:41 p.m. Thursday, as was reported on VOS IZ NEIAS.
She was walking with her mother on the road just outside her Bush Lane home when the delivery van hit her. The van was going north.
Chevra Hatzoloh of Rockland ambulance service took the child to Nyack Hospital. She was later flown to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla.
She was listed in critical condition, medical center spokesman Dave Billig said.
Neighbors said the child was the youngest of three daughters.

No charges have been filed against the driver, Yakov Dancziger.
Detective Lt. Brad Weidel said that investigators seized the van for a mechanical inspection and other forensic tests. "This was an accident," Weidel said. "There is nothing to indicate this is a criminal matter."

Freida was the second young girl hit by a van in the past month in Ramapo.

Ramapo police urged drivers to be extra-careful in residential neighborhoods and to watch their speeds. \During the summer months, more children are outside and more people are walking, especially in communities such as New Square and Monsey. "We want everyone to watch out even more because kids will be playing outside during the summer months, especially in communities where there are lots of pedestrians," Sgt. Rob Lancia said.
Lancia also noted that people in the Jewish communities walk at night and during the day, especially on Friday nights and Saturdays to synagogue. "Drivers should be on the lookout," he said. "During Shabbos, we have tremendous amount of pedestrians walking and out on the streets."