A toddler who was struck by a car in a hit-and-run wreck in Gilmer County Friday has died, and charges against the suspect have been upgraded, according to authorities.
The child, identified as Noah Pinson, was struck around 9 p.m. Friday near the tennis courts at the Gilmer County River Park, according to Channel 2 Action News. The child’s father was transferring the boy from a stroller into a van, Channel 2 reported.
The child was then flown to Scottish Rite Hospital in Atlanta. The boy died today, according to Channel 2.
On Saturday morning the Georgia State Patrol arrested 26-year-old Jordan Allen Hyde in Cherokee County on two charges; leaving the scene of an accident/hit and run and serious injury by vehicle and was held in the Gilmer County Detention Center on those charges. He bonded out on Saturday, but after the child died, he was arrested again and charges were upgraded to first degree homicide by vehicle and DUI/drugs which do not carry a bond. Hyde was also charged with with two counts of financial transaction card fraud, according to authorities.
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