Monday, October 15, 2007

October 14, 2007 Houston, Toddler Injured In Hit-And-Run

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A toddler was critically injured in a hit-and-run in southwest Houston late Sunday, KPRC Local 2 reported.

Houston police said the 2-year-old girl was hit by a car as she and her family left a flea market on Windswept Lane near the Southwest Freeway at about 9 p.m. The family was in a crosswalk when the girl was hit. She was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. The driver kept going and crashed into two cars in a parking lot on Windswept Lane near Hillcroft Street, police said.

Investigators said the driver was arrested and faces charges of failure to stop and render aid. Witnesses said the driver appeared to be intoxicated.

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