A truck hits a child playing on a Miami street — and it doesn’t slow down, video shows
A 12-year-old boy who was playing with friends on the street is in critical condition after being struck by a truck in a residential neighborhood.
Surveillance video from a home across the street captured Tuesday’s incident in which a black 2000, Ford F-150 truck struck the child on the roadway, then continued on without slowing down. The hit-and-run took place at about 5:30 p.m., just outside a home on Northwest 14th Avenue and 42nd Street.
In the video several children can be seen playing on the street as the Ford truck passes by, hits the child and continues on its way. Kids scream and a man runs out of the home where the surveillance camera captured the incident. He reaches the street, sees the child, then races back toward his house yelling in Spanish to get medical help.
Miami Fire Rescue took the child to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he remained in critical condition Thursday morning.
Anyone with information is urged to call Miami Traffic Homicide at 305-603-6525, or MIami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477. Tips can also be forwarded through text to Miami’s “Give a Tip” program at 274637.
