(KNSI) – Police are looking for a driver who struck a nine-year-old girl in east St. Cloud and fled the scene.
First responders were called at 4:55 p.m. on Wednesday to the 300-block of Wilson Avenue North East. Witnesses say the child tried to run across the road but collided with a passing car. The girl was knocked to the ground and suffered minor injuries.
Police say the unidentified woman at first got out of her car to check on the girl; however, she then got back in her vehicle and fled the scene. The girl was taken to St. Cloud Hospital, where she was treated and released.
The car was described as a light-color sedan that may have minor damage to the passenger side of the car. The driver is described as a white woman between 30 and 50 years old. The woman was last seen driving south on Wilson Avenue.
Anyone with any information on the driver or vehicle is asked to call the St. Cloud Police Department at 320-251-1200 or Tri-County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-255-1301.
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