LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Police are investigating after a 9-year-old boy was involved in a hit-and-run in the Iroquois neighborhood on Saturday night.
Louisville Metro Police say the boy was in the street in the 5400 block of Mitscher Avenue, when a gold van headed southbound hit him. The van continued traveling southbound before turning onto Gheens Avenue.
LMPD says the boy was taken to Children’s Hospital with "life-threatening injuries."
The make and model of the van has not been determined, police said.
The hit-and-run is being investigated by LMPD’s Traffic Unit.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call the anonymous Crime Tip Hotline at 502-574-LMPD (5673) or utilize the anonymous Crime Tip Portal at LMPD Crime Tip Portal.
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