Noshat Nahian, 8, hit and killed by semi while walking to school on 61st Street onto Northern Boulevard in Woodside, New York

An 8-year-old boy was hit by a truck and killed while crossing the street with his sister in Queens on his way to school Friday, the last day before the winter break. The truck hit the third-grader, Noshat Nahian, as it turned from 61st Street onto Northern Boulevard, where he and his 11-year-old sister were crossing. The child was hit by the rear tires, police said. His sister was not injured. He was about a block from his school, PS 152. The driver stayed at the scene. Police are investigating.