A 5-year-old boy suffered life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run crash in Southeast D.C. on Friday.
D.C. police said the child was riding a scooter on Ridgecrest Court, near 22nd Street in Southeast, around 6:45 p.m. when he was hit by a dark blue Nissan traveling at a high rate of speed.
The driver fled the scene without stopping.
The boy was conscious and breathing when he was transported to a hospital, according to police.
Investigators are searching for a dark blue Nissan with Virginia license plate TAK-9548.
D.C. police ask that anyone with information on this incident or that vehicle give them a call or text.
A map of the area is below.

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