Vehicle That Hit 6-Year-Old Castro Valley Boy Was Stolen in Livermore

LIVERMORE, CA - Have you seen this man? The California Highway Patrol believes he is the driver who crashed a stolen car into a six-year-old boy as he walked on the sidewalk with his grandmother. The child had reportedly bent over to look at worms flushed out of the ground by rain, as he walked to school.

He is now at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in Oakland with severe injuries.

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CHP investigators have identified the suspect as 29-year-old Daniel Morris. Morris was allegedly driving the stolen, black 2010 Ford Fusion on Meadowview Drive when the car veered onto the sidewalk and hit the child, pinning him temporarily against a pole, Jacowitz said.

Livermore police Sgt. Steve Goard reports that the Fusion was stolen during a "slightly sophisticated" burglary at Livermore Ford Lincoln. It was one of five cars that were dropped off for service at the Ford dealership, according to Goard.

Four or five thieves pried open a key drop-off box and stole the cars between 12:39 a.m. and 1:57 a.m. Another of the cars was found near the canal in Livermore and appears to have broken down, Goard said. Three of them are still missing.

CHP officers are asking anyone with information about the suspect or who may have relevant surveillance video to contact the CHP's Castro Valley office at (510) 581-9028.

--Bay City News contributed to this report