Girl, 7, Killed After Being Struck by Hit-and-Run Driver

The Associated Press
2/29/2016
Updated:
2/29/2016

WEST NEW YORK, N.J.—A 7-year-old girl has been killed after a hit-and-run driver struck her while she was walking with her mother.

Hudson County Deputy Chief Prosecutor Leo Hernandez says the girl was pronounced dead at a hospital after she was hit by an SUV Monday morning in West New York.

The girl’s mother was being treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Escobar says police are looking for a black Chevrolet Tahoe.

The location of the Feb. 29 hit-and-run incident in West New York, N.J. (Screenshot of Google Maps)
The location of the Feb. 29 hit-and-run incident in West New York, N.J. (Screenshot of Google Maps)