5-year-old boy hit by car at DeKalb apartment complex dies

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A 5-year-old boy who was hit by a car at a DeKalb County apartment complex has died.

Police confirmed the child’s death to Channel 2 Action News on Wednesday morning. The boy’s name has not been released.

[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]

Around 8:37 p.m. Tuesday, DeKalb County police were called out to an apartment complex off Flat Shoals Road about a person hit by a car.

When officers arrived, they found a 5-year-old boy who had a serious head trauma. Paramedics rushed him to the hospital.

Police said the driver who hit the boy stayed on the scene and cooperated with investigators. No other details have been released at this time.

TRENDING STORIES:

• Cause of death ‘undetermined’ for Georgia student found in car 45 years after he vanished
• Stone Mountain businesses say property owners ordered them off the property with days notice
• Cobb woman loaded dog’s cage with rocks, sank it in Chattahoochee, investigators say

[SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]

IN OTHER NEWS

Mother pushes for ‘Addy’s Law’ in honor of 8-year-old daughter hit, killed while getting on bus

©2023 Cox Media Group