Hit-and-run driver sought after injuring child in NW Atlanta
Police are searching for a woman who hit a child with her vehicle and then drove away in northwest Atlanta.
About 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, officers went to the 3000 block of Delmar Lane after the girl was struck by a black Mercedes, Atlanta police said. The child was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver fled the scene after being confronted by a witness and the child’s guardian, police said.
Aside from the make and color, authorities did not have a description of the suspect’s vehicle. No description of the suspect was available either.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 404-577-8477 or online at www.StopCrimeATL.com. Tips can be sent anonymously and information that leads to an arrest and indictment in this investigation can earn tipsters up to $2,000.
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