TODDLER KILLED IN SAN PABLO HIT AND RUN

Source: ABC Channel5 San Pablo
Author: Staff Reports
Date: April 13, 2002

SAN PABLO (BCN) San Pablo police are looking for the driver in a fatal hit and run that killed a 1 1/2 year old girl this evening and injured three other people.

A police spokesman said the suspect, driving a red Toyota MR2, went off the road and on to the sidewalk on Road 20 at 19th Street around 7:30 p.m.

An adult vendor and three children were struck and injured by the vehicle, including the toddler, who was declared dead later in the evening.

The driver and possibly a passenger, both described only as males, fled the scene on foot.

Police are asking the public for help in locating the suspect. Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call (510) 233-3150.