The
Yonkers Department of Public Works employee accused of driving the vehicle that
fatally struck a teen on Wednesday had his license suspended and his bail set
at $250,000 after a court appearance on Friday.
Police
say officers responded to a call around 12:20 a.m. Wednesday for a scooter
driver hit head-on by a cargo van on the 600 block of McLean Avenue. First
responders found 16-year-old Christopher Jack Hackett, better known
as CJ, on the ground with severe head injuries.
Hackett
was taken to a trauma center in critical condition and died Thursday from his
injuries.
Stephen
Dolan, 46, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident with injury
resulting in death – a class D felony. He is due back in court Aug. 12.
Tony
Solieri, the father of one of the teen's friends, was at the
arraignment today. He told News 12 that his son was riding with CJ when he was
struck. He said he was unhappy with the bail amount and charge.
“A
good person would have turned himself in, a good person would have stopped and
helped the 15-year-old kid trying to hold the other kid's body
together,” said Solieri. “That’s a good person – not a person who disappears.”
Hackett
was a student at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains. Earlier
today, a 30-minute prayer service was held in the auditorium to remember the
teen.
Grief
counselors will be available at the school on Monday and Tuesday.
Service
and funeral arrangement information has not been made public yet.