Young child riding a 4-wheeler hit by a car and killed on Detroit’s east side Child was struck by a car speeding the wrong way down a one-way street, police say
DETROIT – A child riding a four-wheeler on Detroit’s east side was struck by a car and killed Saturday.
According to authorities, it happened just before 3 p.m. near the intersection of Andover Street and Lantz Avenue , just east of John R .
Police said the boy was 8 or 9 years old and was struck by a man driving a Dodge Charger the wrong way down a one-way street.
UPDATE: 9-year-old boy killed in Detroit by car driving wrong direction on one-way street
Both the driver and passenger in the Dodge Charge were taken into police custody.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Detroit Police Department at 313-596-2260 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-Speak-Up.
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