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Truck Driver Arrested After Death of 13-Year-Old Boy on Bicycle: NYPD

A truck driver accused of striking a 13-year-old boy on a bicycle in Brooklyn, killing him, has been arrested, police said Saturday. 

Philip Monfoletto, 28, of Deer Park, faces a charge of aggravated unlicensed operator, the NYPD said.

The boy, Kevin Flores, was riding his bike on Lewis Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Friday when the driver of a 2000 Mack oil truck hit him as it was making a right turn onto Jefferson Avenue, police said. 

Flores was taken to Interfaith Hospital with severe head trauma, and was pronounced dead. 

Monfoletto stayed on the scene.

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