An 11-year-old boy involved in a hit-and-run in Escondido has died.
The family confirmed the news to NBC 7 on Thursday night.
Aiden Antonio Torres de Paz was playing outside with another child near the intersection of East Washington Avenue and North Hickory Street on Wednesday night when he was hit. His mother said that, shortly after 5 p.m., she heard a crash and rushed outside. She found Aiden laying in the street, unconscious, with serious injuries. Police say the boy was taken to the hospital and later airlifted to Rady Children’s Hospital, where, his family said, he died Thanksgiving morning.
The boy’s loved ones say this kind of loss is unimaginable…