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Toddler hit by car; driver flees

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police hope the public will help them find the driver of a car that struck a young boy Thursday night and then fled.

The boy, a 3-year-old, is in critical condition Friday morning at Carolinas Medical Center.

Police say the man who struck the child stopped briefly at the scene but then drove off.

The incident happened about 9:30 p.m. on Monroe Road, near East Mecklenburg High School. Police say a mother and her child got off a Charlotte Area Transit System and were preparing to cross Monroe Road near Conference Drive. The boy broke free of his mother's grasp and ran into the roadway, according to police.

The child was struck by a white Cadillac on the left inbound lane of Monroe Road. Police say the driver and two female passengers got out of the car briefly to survey the scene.

While the mother and witnesses cared for the injured boy, the male driver and his passengers got back in the car and drove away.

Witnesses did not get the license tag number of the four-door vehicle, but they got a description of the driver. Police say he is a black male in his 20s, about 6 feet tall and 185 pounds. He has short hair and was wearing jean shorts and a white T-shirt. The passengers were black females, police say.

Sgt. David Sloan said officers patrolled the area for several hours, looking for the car, but they were unsuccessful. Police are asking for the public to provide any information in the case.

That information can be phone to 704-336-8862, or Crime Stoppers, 704-334-1600.

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