A driver who hit a child with a vehicle and fled the scene Monday in Kansas City, Kansas, has been arrested, police said.

Shortly after 2:30 p.m., the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department responded to a collision involving a vehicle and a pedestrian in the South 5500 block of Osage Avenue.

A driver in a dark-colored vehicle that was traveling on South 55th struck a 13-year-old who was attempting to cross the street.

According to a social media post by the Turner School District, the child is a Turner Middle School student.

District spokesman Doug Powers said the 7th grader was about five blocks from the school and was walking home. The incident occurred near the district’s administrative center.

The driver fled, but was later arrested, the police department said.

“I’m encouraged that the driver has been taken into custody,” Powers said.

The child was taken to a hospital with injuries that weren’t life-threatening.

Katie Moore

The Kansas City Star

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Katie Moore was an enterprise and accountability reporter for The Star. She covered justice issues, including policing, prison conditions and the death penalty. She is a University of Kansas graduate and began her career as a reporter in 2015 in her hometown of Topeka, Kansas.