1 child dead, another injured after hit-and-run on Indianapolis’ northwest side, man arrested – WRTV

1 child dead, another injured after hit-and-run on Indianapolis’ northwest side, man arrested  WRTV

One child died and another was injured in a hit-and-run crash involving two children under the age of 10 on Indianapolis's northwest side on Sunday. INDIANAPOLIS — A 9-year-old boy is dead, and a 6-year-old boy is injured after police say a man struck the children with his vehicle and then fled the scene Sunday afternoon on the city’s northwest side. Coroners identified the boy Monday as 9-year-old Roland McLain III. According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, at 1:33 p.m., officers were called to the 6700 block of Eagle Pointe Drive North on a report of a child lying in the street. That location is an apartment complex called Wylde at Eagle Creek, located off West 46th Street and Inland Drive East near Eagle Creek Elementary School.

Arriving officers found two children who had been hit by a vehicle as they were playing in the street. The vehicle that hit the children fled the scene, according to police. The 9-year-old boy was taken to the hospital in critical condition, where he later died. The other child is in stable condition, police say. A nurse Circle City Broadcasting spoke to said she tried to save the 9-year-old’s life. “I saw the 9-year-old face down on the ground, so I ran out without any shoes on. And I went to check