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Posted: Wednesday, 07 January 2009 5:47AM
New York City Council Campaign Suspended After Campaign Bus Kills Boy
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NEW YORK (AP) -- A busnessman running for a New York City Council seat has suspended all campaign activities after a 9-year-old boy was struck and killed by a bus being used to promote his candidacy.
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Businessman Michael Ricatto said in a statement released on Tuesday that he was ``deeply saddened'' by the accident that killed the boy, Ibrihim Ahmed.
Ahmed was struck by the bus in the intersection of Cross Bay Boulevard and Liberty Avenue in Queens about 3:40 p.m. Tuesday. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police arrested the bus driver on a charge of driving with a suspended license.
Ricatto's campaign was using the bus to promote him as a candidate in a special election for a City Council seat being vacated by state Sen.-elect Joseph Addabbo Jr.
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