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Sunday, October 2, 2011

11-year-old hospitalized after hit and run

An 11-year-old boy was struck by a hit-and-run driver around 7 p.m. Sunday night while riding a skateboard near 65th Street and Greenway Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia, police said. The boy, who sustained bruises and cuts to his head and sides, was transported to Children’s Hospital, where he was in stable condition Sunday night.

Police say the driver, described as a black female, got out of the black or dark blue BMW or Mercedes sedan, saw the boy on the ground, then got back into the car and headed westbound on Greenway.

Posted by William Bender @ 11:03 PM Permalink | 10 comments

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:51 AM, 10/03/2011

She got out of the car saw the child on the ground and drove off.

Perhaps lady one day your child will be the one on the ground.
Lady driver.....YOUR a P.O.S.........piece of S**T!!

— merchandiser

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:05 AM, 10/03/2011

Let's hope they locate the driver and hold her to account for being morally bankrupt. Getting involved in a vehicle accident is one thing. Driving off from an injured child is quite another.

— Tkat

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:56 AM, 10/03/2011

It amazes me how a person can have such total disregard for another human being. I will never understand how someone can hit another person and just keep on going (or in this case, get out and see the person (a child) on the ground and then get back in and drive away).

— Crazee Bizee

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:24 PM, 10/03/2011

There needs to be changes to the law with leaving the scene of an accident. People know that if you are under the influence to leave as the penalties are less severe. In most cases the people who leave are drunk or under the influence of something. How someone can hit another human being and leave them in the road like an animal is beyond me. Make a mandatory minimum for leaving the scene of a hit and run involving a child to 5 years minimum with no chance of parole. Maybe then people like this women will stop and not leave the scene.

— blackknight

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 1:35 PM, 10/03/2011

Too bad no one got a license tag number.

Driver, if you're reading this, do the right thing. You know what to do, just summon the courage and do it.

— aviator

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 2:44 PM, 10/03/2011

please get this creep off the streets , shes just as bad as these animals that shoot children by mistake.

— james bond

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 2:49 PM, 10/03/2011

why was the kid in the street

— 19124

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:17 PM, 10/03/2011

Because that's what children do when they ride a bike, skate or use a skateboard. As far as I know that doesn't give a driver the right to hit them.

— mindstorms

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:09 PM, 10/03/2011

As the victim of a hit and run that nearly killed me 2 years ago...this ANIMAL should be thrown in jail for life and then rot in hell for eternity. Complete f-ing pig.

— amanda718

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Dana DiFilippo has covered murder, mayhem and miscellany at the Daily News since 2000. She grew up in Delaware County and studied journalism and photography at Penn State University. E-mail tips to difilid@phillynews.com.

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Stephanie Farr has been reporting for the Daily News since 2007, covering everything from gay porn stars who entered the burglary business to moon trees, skinheads, murders and naked bike rides. She covers crime, both in the city and suburbs, and keeps clippings of bizarre Associated Press articles. Her favorite this year was the story about the drunk in Punxsutawney who gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a dead opossum. E-mail tips to farrs@phillynews.com.

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Morgan Zalot is the newest crime reporter at the Daily News, starting in 2011 after interning at the paper twice as a Temple University journalism student. In her past stints at the DN, she covered just about everything, from drunken Phillies fans to a barber shop in a high school to a grisly murder-suicide. She’s a born-and-raised Philly girl who grew up in the Northeast. E-mail tips to zalotm@philly.com.

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