Police searching for driver who hit 11-year-old boy in NW Atlanta, drove away

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Police are investigating a hit-and-run that injured an 11-year-old boy in northwest Atlanta on Friday afternoon.

About 6:50 p.m., officers responded to Fairburn Road and Harden Drive to find the injured child, Atlanta police spokeswoman TaSheena Brown said. The driver who hit the boy did not stay at the scene.

The child complained to officers about knee pain, and the child’s mother drove him to the hospital.

No description of the suspect’s vehicle was provided. Brown said investigators are looking at nearby surveillance cameras in hopes of spotting the hit-and-run suspect.

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 404-577-8477 or online at www.StopCrimeATL.com. Tips can be sent anonymously and information that leads to an arrest and indictment in this investigation can earn tipsters up to $2,000.

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