Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Police Find Car Believed to Have Hit 13-Year-Old in Brockton
Police are still looking for the driver.
Image Credit: WHDH, 7-News
BROCKTON, MA - A teen in Brockton was hit by a car while crossing the street Wednesday afternoon.
At about 1:23 p.m., a boy was crossing the street at the intersection Cross Street and Winslow Avenue when he was hit by a white sedan, according to the Boston Globe. The car then drove away.
Surveillance video of hit & run car moments after a 13 yo was struck in Brockton. #Fox25 pic.twitter.com/5bHMsjdZks
— John Monahan Fox 25 (@JohnMonahanTV) April 20, 2016
The boy was riding his bike at the time of the incident according to WHDH.
Scene at Cross Street and Winslow Ave in Brockton where a child was hit by a vehicle in apparent hit and run. @NECN pic.twitter.com/L6foP934Mp
— Kathryn Sotnik (@KathrynNECN) April 20, 2016
The 13-year-old teen, identified as Elias Lebon, was taken to Children's Hospital in Boston.
The car believed to be from the hit and run has been located by police, but the driver has not been found. A tow man told NECN that he towed the car an apartment complex near the scene of the hit and run.
Tow truck driver says this is the car that hit a 13yo Brockton teen and took off. Police called him to tow it.#Fox25 pic.twitter.com/cnSXTQ83f9
— John Monahan Fox 25 (@JohnMonahanTV) April 20, 2016
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