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    Police searching for driver of Cadillac that hit 11-year-old boy in Santa Ana
    • April 15, 2023

    Santa Ana police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the driver of a black older model Cadillac sedan who hit an 11-year-old boy on a residential street, causing the child to go airborne, authorities said this week.

    The crash occurred just past 1:35 p.m. March 29 in the 700 block of South Birch Street, Santa Ana police said Wednesday, April 12.

    Video surveillance shows two juveniles darting across the street in front of the Cadillac DeVille, which was traveling southbound, police said.  One of the juveniles was struck by the right front corner of the car and was seen flipping before landing on the street. Why the two juveniles suddenly ran across the street was not known.

    Video shows the car continuing southbound without slowing down.

    The juvenile was taken to Children’s Hospital of Orange County, but has since been released, Santa Ana police Sgt. Maria Lopez said Saturday. The second juvenile was not harmed.

    Family members told ABC Los Angeles that the injured boy was with his cousin and that they take the same route home from school every day. The boys were spooked by a barking dog, causing them to run in the street, they said.

    The boy was treated for minor bruises, family members told the station.

    Witnesses told police the Cadillac had dark tinted windows and police further described the car as an early 2000s model with chrome rims and chrome metal trim.

    Anyone with information about the hit-and-run is asked to call the Santa Ana Police Collisions Investigation Unit at 714-245-8228.

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