UPDATE ON THE NACOGDOCHES POLICE DEPARTMENT’S HIT AND RUN INVESTIGATION INVOLVING A NINE YEAR CHILD

(MAY 22, 2024): On May 16, 2024, around 7:30 a.m., the Nacogdoches Police Department responded to a hit-and-run auto pedestrian accident in the 2100 block of Looneyville St. When officers arrived at the scene of the accident, the victim was found to be a nine-year-old child. First responders immediately began providing medical aid to the child. The child was transported by EMS in stable condition with multiple fractures. The suspect vehicle involved in the accident had fled the scene of the accident. The Criminal Investigation Division responded to assist in the investigation of the crash and to locate the driver of the suspect’s vehicle. Investigators have worked diligently to locate the person responsible for the crash, and believe at this time to have located the vehicle and driver of the vehicle. No arrest has been made at this time. Investigators are continuing their investigation into the crash. As further information becomes available, it will be released.