A child hit by a car crossing Pocantico Street on his way to Morse School this morning sustained no injuries.

The second-grader was crossing, in a crosswalk, from the Van Tassel apartments to the parking lot at Morse for the 8:10 a.m. opening, when he ran ahead of his mother and got struck by a, reportedly, slow-moving car.

“He was up and standing up on his own and not crying,” said school principal Rosemary Prati. “Just to be safe though he got checked out at Phelps [Memorial Hospital].”

“He’s not back at school yet, but we’ll be following up shortly with his mother,” Prati said around noon today.

Officers on the scene immediately afterwards issued no tickets, as the driver wasn’t speeding or found in error and the child had run ahead unattended.

Parents, however, expressed concern about the “chaotic” situation in this area in the mornings, when drivers are commuting to work and older students are walking to the middle school/high school.

While there is no crossing guard at this crosswalk – there are ones stationed at the corner of Beekman and Pocantico and Beekman and North Washington – Principal Pronti didn’t think today’s incident was a sign of any greater issue.

There is, as required by law, signage warning of the school crossing 50 feet before the Pocantico crosswalk to get cars to slow down on time. Pronti said Mayor Ken Wray came just two weeks ago to inspect the area for safety and found the signage sufficient.

“In my two years here there’s been no issue,” said Prati.

Stephanie Bosson, who has a daughter in first grade here said she has “grown increasingly concerned about safety in the area during school drop-off.”

“I haven't had any near misses, personally, but I have felt that the whole area is a bit chaotic in the morning," Bosson said. "The crossing guards and the principal of the school and the men she has working the parking lot are all very vigilant, but there are a lot of variables going on, and it just seems like a lot to keep track of."

"There are obviously a lot of people rushing to get to work at that same time," Bosson said. "I have seen people driving way too fast; I once saw someone blow through the crosswalk on Beekman while texting (luckily nobody was in the crosswalk at that time). I also see middle or high schoolers crossing the street on Washington with little regard to whether or not cars are coming.”

The crossing guards help, Bosson added, "quite a bit." But there isn’t one on this particular crosswalk.