Police Arrest Hit-And-Run Driver Who Injured Three Children
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FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - Fort Worth Police arrested a driver on Wednesday night after investigators said she rammed into one car, fled the scene and then plowed through the fence of a soccer field and hit three kids.
Investigators said the final wreck happened at Mary Louise Phillips Elementary School.
Witnesses who watched the scene unfold reported seeing the driver attempt to run from the scene.
"We just let her know they weren't going to run and get away," said Jessica Anthony.
Anthony and Eric Thomas were in the Fort Worth Neighborhood when they watched the unimaginable unfold.
"It's pretty scary when you see him lying down with tire tracks on his face," said Thomas of one child who was run over. Thomas said he physically jumped in front of the suspect while Anthony did the talking. "It just broke my heart. I couldn't even imagine. And his mom wasn't even there," said Anthony.
As a mother of a little girl, Anthony said she jumped in because it is what she would hope other parents would do if it were her child. "I just can't even imagine. It could have been my child. I just feel for the family," said Anthony.
Police arrested the driver for leaving the scene of a wreck.
"There's always tons of kids playing over here. My kids. Everybody on this block. It could have been so much worse," said Anthony.
Police said two of the three kids who were hit were taken to the hospital. Their injuries right now are not believed to be serious.
Police haven't released the driver's name.
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