Deputies search for driver involved in hit-and-run crash that injured mother, child

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a driver who they said was involved in a hit-and-run crash that left a mother and a child injured near West Palm Beach.

The crash occurred Friday at approximately 9:40 p.m. along Caribbean Boulevard.

Officials said a mother was pushing her child in a stroller when a vehicle traveling westbound on Caribean Boulevard struck the pedestrians.

The mother and the child were treated on-scene by medical personnel and then transported to St. Mary’s Medical Center for additional treatment.

According to the sheriff’s office, the unknown driver fled the scene. The vehicle has been identified as early 2000s, possibly 2005, silver Suzuki Grand Vitara similar to the one in the photo below.

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PBSO said the vehicle will have a passenger headline, front end and passenger side damages.

Anyone with information about the suspect vehicle or driver is asked to contact Investigator Robert Stephan at 561-688-3400.