A minor injured when he was run over at a zebra crossing in Elche by a driver who fled

A minor under the age of 17 was injured at midnight this Thursday after being run over at a pedestrian crossing in Elche by a driver who fled, according to police sources..

The events occurred when the young man was crossing, in the company of some friends, a zebra crossing on Francisco Vicente Rodríguez street and was run over by a car that, according to eyewitnesses, was traveling “at high speed”..

In addition, the witnesses affirmed that, after the accident, the driver did not stop. Sources familiar with the event have specified to EFE that the adolescent presents “a bone fracture in the extremities and bruises”.

For their part, sources from the Local Police have explained to EFE that the investigation to identify the driver is still open and that the Judicial Traffic Police Unit “immediately” began the proceedings to locate him.