9-Year-Old Killed by Taxi Was "Spirited" and "Wise" Cooper Stock A 9-year-old boy who was one of two people struck and killed by separate vehicles on the Upper West Side on Friday night was described by his family on Saturday as a "spirited third grader" with a fanatical devotion to the New York Knicks. The boy, identified by his family as Cooper Stock, was trying to cross the intersection of West End Avenue and West 97th Street with his father at about 9 p.m., the police said, when a taxi making a left turn crashed into them. Cooper was pronounced dead at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center. His father, Dr. Richard G. Stock, a radiation oncologist who treated former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani for prostate cancer, suffered a leg injury. The driver of the taxi, whom the police did not identify, remained on the scene and was given a summons for failing to yield, officials said. A half-hour earlier and just two blocks away, a private tour bus struck and killed a 73-year-old man as he crossed Broadway on West 96th Street. No charges had been filed against that driver as of Saturday evening and the police had not released either name. Drivers in motor vehicle accidents in the city rarely face stiff punishments, even when fatalities occur. But a recent spate of traffic-related deaths, including some children's, has focused renewed attention on pedestrian safety in New York. During his mayoral campaign last year, Bill de Blasio called for cameras on stop lights, 20 mile-per-hour zones in residential neighborhoods and stronger enforcement of traffic rules. Several of the recent pedestrian deaths involved drivers who failed to yield at crosswalks. In December, an 8-year-old boy named Noshat Nahian was killed in a crosswalk in Queens by a truck that was making a left turn. The driver of the truck was charged with a misdemeanor. And last February a truck struck and killed a 6-year-old named Amar Diarrassouba in a crosswalk in East Harlem. Cooper was in the third grade at The Calhoun School on the Upper West Side, his family said in a statement, and loved, in addition to the Knicks, the New York Yankees and classic rock "n" roll. "Cooper was the life of the party even when there wasn't a party," the statement said. He was light, he was reflective, he was beauty in motion, he was charismatic. He has been described as an old soul, and wise beyond his years. Services for Cooper will be held Monday at 11:45 a.m. at Riverside Memorial Chapel on 76th street and Amsterdam Avenue.