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Dad sees son killed by cab in tragic crash

A nationally renowned oncologist watchedā™› in anguish as his 9-year-old son was fatally hit by a cab just steps from their Upper West Side apartment Friday night.

The dad and boy were crossing the street at West End Avenue and 97th Street shortly before 9 p.m. ā€” about a half hour after a 73-year-old man was killšŸŸed iną¶£ a separate accident two blocks away.

Richard Stock, right, Cooper’s father.
The distraught cab driver.Jon Hyde
A 73-year-old was also hit and killed.Jon Hyde
The bus that struck and killed an elderly man.Jon Hyde

That man was struck and ā™dragged by a private šŸ”Ætour bus on Broadway and West 96th Street.

A doorman heard the dad, Dr. Richard Stock, 51š“†‰, cry out in horror after the cab hit young Cooper as it made a left turn onto West End Avenue.

ā€œIt was ašŸŒ± terrifying screamā™‰,ā€ said Alex Lassi, the doorman.

Richard, who suffered a leg injury, and his son were taken to St. Lukeā€™s HospitašŸØl, where Cooper was pronounced dead.

Richard is a radiation oncologist who treatedā™š former Mayor Rudy Giuliani for prostate cancer in 2000. He teaches at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and lectures across the world on his specializations including prostate and bladder cancer.

Lassi said Richard was hysterical, ā€œtrying to hold onto his childā€ and wā™•ailing ā€œOh, my God! No, no, no!ā€

His wife, Dana ā˜‚Stock, was alā™›erted to the crash by her doorman and rushed down from the familyā€™s West End Avenue apartment at 771 West End Ave.

Dana sprinted down šŸ’«the street to find her son bloodied on the pavement, another doorman said.

Two passengeršŸ„€s in a passing vehicle stopped to help the child, witnesses said.

Lassi said one of the Good Samaritans called 911 and reported that the boy was stillā­• breathing.

But by the time paramedics arrived, CoopšŸŽ€er ā€œlooked lifelessā€ and ā€œhad blood all over his face,ā€ a neighbor said.

ā€œI saw him when theyš† brought him in,ź¦‡ā€ an emergency-room patient named Monique said.

ā€œHe was covered in š’a white sheet ā€” the whole są¶£heet was bloody,ā€ she said.

Cooper ā€œwas a super, super kid, šŸ¦‹a special kid,ā€ one family friend said,ź¦š calling the boy ā€œexceptionally bright and a wizard with numbers.ā€

Cooper has an older sister, the famšŸ¦‹ilyā€™s doorman said.

He added that the father and son often attenź¦•ded Knick games.

In the earlier incident, the ušŸŒŠnidentified elderly man died at the scene after he was pulled along the pavement by a green charter bus heading south on Broadway and turning east onto 96th Street.

That driver also stayed at the scenā™Že of the accident.

NeithšŸ“er the bus driver nor the cab driver was charged Friday, šŸŒŸbut the investigations are continuing.