11-year-old boy hospitalized after hit-and-run near Root Avenue
(Source: Raycom Media)
and last updated 2021-02-28 18:36:16-05
KILLEEN, TX â Killeen Police are investigating after an 11-year-old boy was transported to the hospital following a hit-and-run Sunday afternoon.
Killeen Police said they were dispatched at approximately 2:31 p.m., on Sunday, February 28 to a 911 call in reference to a crash involving a single vehicle and a 11-year-old pedestrian in the area of N. College Street and W. Green Avenue.
The boy was transported to McLaneâs Childrenâs Hospital in Temple with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.
The preliminary investigation revealed that the boy was on a skateboard traveling southbound on Root Avenue when a low profile black pickup truck with red rims traveling westbound on W. Church Avenue, failed to yield right of way to the pedestrian, striking him.
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