A teenage boy was injured Friday when he was struck by a vehicle while crossing a busy Long Beach street.
The boy was struck at 7:36 a.m. Friday in the 1600 block of South Street at Walnut Avenue, Long Beach Police Department Sgt. Bradford Stein told City News Service.
“The preliminary investigation indicates that a teenage male juvenile pedestrian was crossing South Street in a crosswalk when he was struck by a vehicle driven by a male adult,” Stein said. “LBFD paramedics responded and transported the pedestrian to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries to his upper body.”
The crash investigation was continuing. Distracted driving was under consideration as a possible contributing factor, Stein said.
I was the first car at the light on south turning left the lady was turning onto southb st left from the circle k side of the street . The boy was walking with his gf or friends and the lady hit him he flew back and she ran him over like with the tires and he got stuck under the cat. She was doing something on her phone and didn’t even realize she hit him until after she ran I’m over in a god damn SUV right by a k to 6 x school couldnt speak English probably has no papers
Vehicular attempted manslaughter