Driver Sought After South Sacramento Hit-And-Run Left Teen With Life-Threatening Injuries

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Investigators are searching for the operator progressive successful a South Sacramento hit-and-run that near a teen with life-threatening injuries Friday evening, the California Highway Patrol said.

According to the CHP, the collision happened astatine astir 7:45 p.m. astatine 47th Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

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The fishy conveyance was described arsenic a achromatic Mercedes Benz ML300 SUV with a California licence sheet speechmaking 6GYR199.

The teen boy, 15, was walking on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard erstwhile helium entered a crosswalk to walk done 47th Avenue. The operator was connected 47th Avenue approaching MLK Jr. Boulevard with a greenish light.

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The CHP connected Saturday said witnesses reported the teen was crossing the thoroughfare against a reddish light.

The collision tossed the teen crossed the intersection, wherever helium was near unconscious on a sidewalk. He was taken to the infirmary wherever helium is inactive being treated for captious injuries.

Investigators said the operator had pulled disconnected to the close enarthrosis earlier leaving the country on 47th Avenue toward Franklin Avenue.

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Anyone with accusation connected the whereabouts of the conveyance oregon its proprietor is asked to interaction the South Sacramento California Highway Patrol.

CBS13 Staff