MCKEES ROCKS, Pa. — Police are looking for the driver who hit a 7-year-old boy and kept going.
Channel 11′s Gabriella DeLuca spoke with the boy, Royal, and his mother, who says she watched the driver leave.
“Why’d you leave? Cause you know I was struggling, and that’s not very nice,” Royal said. “That was very hurtful. I was terrified for my life.”
Police say the driver of the car hit Royal Tuesday night around 8 p.m. in Stowe Township and left the scene
Royal’s mom was outside with him and her other young son and saw the car hit him.
“A guy was coming up the street, and my son was already in the crosswalk. He smacked my son, turned his head for a few seconds, and looked at him on the ground. Then, backed up, went around him, and blew through the stop sign trying to escape,” Royal’s mom, Marlena Chappel told Channel 11.
She was able to snap pictures of the car as it drove away, and the Stowe Township police chief confirmed this is the suspect’s car.
“A million thoughts are running through my mind. The biggest one is, ‘Thank God for getting my baby out of this,’ No parent should have to bury their child, and I’m glad I don’t have to bury mine,” she added.
Her son is suffering from a concussion and bruises on his body, and has been undergoing tests and X-rays for the last 24 hours.
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