Child hit by car in Seattle’s Wallingford neighborhood
Sep 5, 2014, 8:21 AM | Updated: 12:54 pm
A 12-year-old boy was hit by a car in Seattle’s Wallingford neighborhood Friday morning.
Seattle police report the boy was struck by the car around 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of 40th Street and Wallingford Avenue.
The boy rolled on the hood and hit his head on the windshield, according to police. He remained conscious as he was put into an ambulance and taken to Harborview Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
Witnesses at the scene tell KING 5 they believe the driver ran a red light before hitting the boy. Police interviewed the driver and conducted standard tests for intoxicants.
The boy is a seventh-grader at Hamilton International Middle School.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
