Section 1241. Leaving the scene of an incident involving a wheeled non-motorized means of conveyance without reporting in the first degree


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  • 1.  Any  person  age  eighteen  years  or  older  operating  a   wheeled
      non-motorized  means  of  conveyance,  including,  but  not  limited  to
      bicycles, in-line skates, roller skates and skate boards,  who,  knowing
      or  having  cause  to  know, that serious physical injury, as defined in
      subdivision ten of section 10.00 of the penal law, has  been  caused  to
      another  person,  due  to  the  operation of such non-motorized means of
      conveyance by such person, shall, before leaving  the  place  where  the
      said  serious  physical  injury occurred, stop, and provide his name and
      residence, including street and street number, to the injured party,  if
      practical,  and also to a police officer, or in the event that no police
      officer is in the vicinity of the place of said injury, then such person
      shall report said incident as soon as physically  able  to  the  nearest
      police station or judicial officer.
        2.  Leaving the scene of an incident involving a wheeled non-motorized
      means of conveyance without reporting in the first degree is a  class  B
      misdemeanor.