Hit-and-Run Driver Leaves Boy, 2, Critical
Huntington Beach police Saturday were looking for a hit-and-run driver who ran over and critically injured a 2-year-old boy while his mother stood at a nearby ice cream truck.
Charlie Benitez was taken to UCI Medical Center with major head injuries after the 6:40 p.m. accident in front of his house on Slater Avenue just west of Jacquelyn Lane. According to police, the boy apparently rode a big-wheel toy into the street in front of the car.
“We have no description of the driver or the vehicle,” said Lt. Lloyd Edwards, a spokesman for the Huntington Beach Police Department. “We have no witnesses.”
Anyone with information on the accident is asked to call the Huntington Beach Police Department at (714) 536-5663.
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