City of Austin
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APD is seeking the public’s assistance in a failure to stop and render aid case that occurred on Friday, February 9, 2018 at approximately 3:30 p.m. A student from Forest North Elementary School was walking home from school, northbound on the east side of the 13000 block of Hymeadow Drive, when a vehicle left the roadway and struck him. The vehicle then left the scene without stopping to render aid to the child. The vehicle may be a red Chevrolet SUV with dark tinted windows, but the victim was not certain.
The child received non-life threatening injuries from the crash.
Detectives are asking anyone that may have witnessed this crash or has any information to please contact the APD Highway Enforcement Command at (512) 974-5789, Crime Stoppers at 512-472-TIPS or use the new Crime Stoppers App. You can also submit tips by downloading APD’s mobile app, Austin PD, for free on iPhone and Android.