2nd Philadelphia boy in week dies from hit-and-run injuries
Police say a 2-year-old boy has died days after a hit-and-run driver struck him and his mother as they crossed a Philadelphia street.
Police say David Alicea Jr. was pronounced dead at 1:38 a.m. Thursday at St. Christopher’s Hospital.
He’s the second child to die in a hit-and-run crash this week in Philadelphia.
Police say Alicea’s 19-year-old mother was holding him when they were hit around 7 p.m. Monday in the city’s Kensington section.
She was critically injured. No arrests have been made. Police described the car as a white Nissan sedan.
About a half-hour earlier, 4-year-old Abdul Wilson was struck by a dark-colored SUV in the city’s Kingsessing section. He died at a hospital.
Police say they’ve been contacted by a lawyer for the driver in that case and have located a vehicle.
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