Crime & Courts

Teen girl on a skateboard was struck by a car in hit-and-run crash, Newton police say

The Wichita Eagle

Police in a Kansas town are looking for the driver in a hit-and-run crash who injured a teenage girl riding a skateboard.

Newton police said in a Facebook post that officers were called at around 4:10 p.m. Friday to a hit-and-run wreck in the 500 block of West Fifth Street.

“A teen on a skateboard was struck by a green passenger car, and the car then left the scene,” police said. “The teen was transported to the hospital by ambulance.”

The victim in the case was a 17-year-old girl who was trying to cross the street, the Newton Kansan reported.

Police ask anyone with information on the driver of the green car to call 911.

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