Child struck by vehicle in Pasadena

Published February 29, 2016 5:50 PM CST

Automotive-pedestrian accident in Pasadena on Feb. 29, 2016

Police are investigating what appears to be a hit-and-run automotive-pedestrian accident in Pasadena. The 13-year-old child was struck by a vehicle before 5:30 p.m. Monday on Witter near Harris. 

The driver of the vehicle did not stop to help the child or call for emergency assistance after it struck the boy. Pasadena police are searching for a maroon Chevrolet Avalanche. Life Flight medical helicopter was dispatched to the site of the accident.