Dearborn Driver Hits Toddler, Drives Off

DEARBORN, MI – Police are calling on citizens to help locate the driver of a silver SUV involved in a hit and run incident on Saturday, Jan. 28, when a toddler was hit. The only description police provided of the missing driver is that he is white.

Police were called to the incident at 2:45 p.m. Saturday near Schaefer Road and Henson Avenue. Police said that the driver of a silver SUV, possibly a GMC Acadia, hit the 2-year-old boy as he walked toward his mother's vehicle. The driver continued south on Schaefer Road without stopping.

The boy suffered two broken legs, but is expected to make a full recovery said Dearborn Police Lt. Gary Mann. Police, by 10 a.m. Friday, still had not received any meaningful tips to locate the driver.

“It is important that we speak to the driver of this vehicle and gather as much information as possible for our investigation,” said Dearborn Police Chief Ronald Haddad.

Images provided by the Dearborn Police Department