Video shows hit-and-run driver who injured boy in Broward, deputies say

OAKLAND PARK, Fla. – Deputies released a surveillance video this week that they said shows a woman who was involved in the hit-and-run crash that injured a 2-year-old boy on Aug. 12 in Broward County.

According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, the woman stopped to check on her burgundy Ford Edge in a parking lot, but she did not stop to check on the toddler she struck near the intersection of Northwest 43rd Street and Fifth Avenue in Oakland Park.

Oakland Park Fire Rescue personnel took the boy to Broward Health Medical Center. Deputies said the boy’s injuries were not life-threatening.

Deputies were asking anyone with information about the case to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

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