A 5-year-old was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene in Cincinnati's West Price Hill neighborhood Thursday morning, sending the child to the hospital and leaving police with few answers so far. Cincinnati police and fire crews responded just after 8 a.m. to the 1000 block of Seton Avenue after reports that the child had been hit.
According to FOX19, the child was taken to a hospital after the hit-and-run crash was reported early Thursday. The outlet reported that the child had minor injuries, and further details about the incident had not been released as of publication.
Police Say They Have No Information Yet
Police spokesman Brad Underwood told the station the child was waiting at a bus stop and that the suspect's vehicle did not stop. Basic questions about the driver, the vehicle, and the circumstances of the crash remain unanswered for now. No description of the vehicle involved has been released, and it remains unclear exactly how the crash unfolded on Seton Avenue.
The lack of immediate detail mirrors the early hours of other hit-and-run cases involving children in Cincinnati. In December 2022, a separate hit-and-run in East Price Hill left a 5-year-old hospitalized after the boy exited a pickup truck and was struck by an unknown vehicle while trying to cross the street, according to WLWT. That driver also did not stop.
Another Recent Crash Involving a Child
Another child-involved collision in the region was reported about 140 days before FOX19's report on Thursday's crash. A 12-year-old boy was struck by a vehicle while riding a scooter in Colerain Township, hit at Colerain Avenue and Banning Road at about 7 a.m., per Local 12. That boy was taken to Cincinnati Children's Medical Center in serious condition but was alert, and unlike the West Price Hill case, the driver in Colerain Township stayed at the scene and cooperated with police.
Cincinnati does track citywide crash patterns through tools like its Vision Zero dashboard, which lets residents filter fatal and severe crashes by neighborhood and crash type, including pedestrian incidents, according to the city. The Cincinnati Police Department also logs all traffic crash incidents through its Record Management System, per the city's own data portal. Neither resource has published incident-level details tied to Thursday's crash on Seton Avenue.
The child was hospitalized with minor injuries. Hoodline will update this story as police release more information about the hit-and-run and the search for the driver who fled.
