NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) – Newport News police are searching for a driver who fled the scene after hitting a 6-year-old boy with a vehicle on Wednesday evening.
The incident occurred at approximately 6:20 p.m. on March 4 in the area of Colberts Lane and Jefferson Avenue, police confirmed.
Investigators determined the child was unattended when he wandered into traffic and was hit by a passing vehicle. The boy was transported to a local hospital for treatment of injuries that police described as non life-threatening…