Boy, 4, hit by vehicle in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, driver flees scene

PITTSBURGH — A 4-year-old boy was hit by a vehicle in Pittsburgh’s Hill District on Thursday afternoon - and police are still looking for the driver who hit him.

It happened just before 4 p.m. on Webster Avenue.

“There was a vehicle, a white vehicle driving very fast and the child came across, unknowingly that the child was gonna get hit and she kept going,” said Andrew Swain.

The boy, who was with a parent at the time, was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition.

Channel 11 spoke with the boy’s grandmother.

“Heartbreaking is an understatement. it’s an understatement. he should have never got hit. this should have never happened. these stop signs don’t do [bleep],” said Teaira Collins.

Neighbors want the city to add new traffic measures, like speed bumps, to slow the flow of traffic.

Police are looking at cameras in the area to gather a better description of the vehicle and driver.

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