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UPDATE: 2:13 p.m.
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police say they’ve found the vehicle and the driver involved in Tuesday night’s hit-and-run crash that left a child seriously injured.
According to a news release issued early Wednesday, 43-year-old Karrie Brunswig was taken to the Peoria County Jail on a variety of counts.
She’ll face charges of leaving the scene of an accident involving injury or death, failure to give aid or report the accident. She’ll also face charges for driving on a revoked license.
Investigators say Bruswig slammed her car into a bicycle around 7 p.m. at Prospect Road and Glen Oak Avenue.
She did not stay at the scene and kept driving.
Paramedics rushed a young child to the hospital with serious injuries as a result.
We don’t have an updated condition for the child.
Officers shut down much of the roadway in the area as they conducted their investigation.
Roads were finally re-opened to normal traffic at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday.
ORIGINAL STORY:
PEORIA, Ill . — Peoria Police were called just after 7 p.m. Tuesday to the 1600 block of NE Glen Oak Avenue for a hit and run accident involving a child on a bicycle.
Public Information Officer Semone Roth said the 10-year-old was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.
PPD has no information on the vehicle that hit the child.
An investigation is ongoing.
Peoria Police Traffic Unit, Peoria Fire and AMT were all on-scene.
Anyone with details about the crash is asked to contact Peoria Police at (309) 673-4521.
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