Arrest made after 8-year-old child struck in Kenner hit and run Sunday night Share Updated: 5:14 PM CST Mar 1, 2021 WDSU Digital Team Share Updated: 5:14 PM CST Mar 1, 2021
Hide Transcript
Show Transcript THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO I’M NOT 1208. LET’S GET YOU TO SOME BREAKING NEWS OUT OF KENNER WHERE A MAN IS IN CUSTODY RIGHT NOW ACCUSED OF HITTING AN EIGHT YEAR OLD BOY WITH HIS JEEP AND JUST LEAVING THE SCENE AND RIGHT NOW THAT LITTLE BOY IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. WE’RE COVERING FROM A FRACTURED SKULL KENNER POLICE ARRESTED THIS MAN. UNORIGANA THIS MORNING AND CHARGED HIM WITH HIT AND RUN SYRIA’S BODILY. INJURY INVESTIGATORS SAID THE EIGHT YEAR OLD WAS ON AN ELECTRIC BIKE LEAVING KENNER CITY PARK WITH A FAMILY MEMBER. THIS WAS LAST NIGHT AROUND 6:40 AND THE CHILD WAS HIT WHEN HE TRIED TO CROSS VINTAGE DRIVE POLICE SAID THE DRIVER PICTURED HERE GOT OUT AFTER THE JEEP REALIZING SOMEONE WAS ON THE GROUND THEN GOT BACK INTO HIS JEEP