LAUDERDALE LAKES, Fla. – Broward County sheriff's deputies are searching for a woman who struck a 4-year-old boy with her car but fled after taking the boy and his family to the hospital.
Joy Oglesby, a spokeswoman for the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, said a caretaker and three children were walking in the 2700 block of North State Road 7 in Lauderdale Lakes around 1 p.m. last Thursday when the woman's Chrysler 200 struck the boy and another child, who was riding in a stroller.
The 4-year-old boy needed medical attention, but other boy was unhurt.
The woman drove the group to Plantation General Hospital and helped them to emergency room entrance, Oglesby said. She then fled in her car, keeping the stroller, Oglesby said.
The hospital's surveillance cameras recorded the driver with the group.
Doctors said the 4-year-old's injuries were not life-threatening.
Police described the woman's car as a Chrysler 200 with white or silver paint.
Anyone with information about the driver is asked to call Detective Donnard Huneke at 954-321-4842 or Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.