{"id":793308,"date":"2026-10-06T03:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T03:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/793308\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T03:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T03:24:12","slug":"hunt-for-driver-after-boy-12-on-bike-struck-by-car-in-hit-and-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/793308\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunt for driver after boy, 12, on bike struck by car in hit-and-run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 12-year-old boy on a bike was struck by a car in a hit-and-run in Dundee.<\/p>\n<p>Police in Dundee are appealing for information following the collision on the A90 Kingsway East around 6.05pm on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened at the pedestrian crossing near to Kingsway Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Station.<\/p>\n<p>The child, a 12-year-old boy, was crossing the road on his black and blue pedal bike when he was hit by a black Citroen Berlingo-style vehicle travelling south in lane two.<\/p>\n<p>The car failed to stop at the scene, continuing towards Scott Fyffe Roundabout.<\/p>\n<p>The boy was not seriously injured in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Constable Emma Scott, from Downfield Police Station, said: \u201cWe are appealing for anyone who witnessed the incident, or may have dashcam footage from the area around the time, to please come forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone with information can call police on 101, quoting incident 3830 of October 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlternatively, you can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 if you wish to remain anonymous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791257052_540_whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 12-year-old boy on a bike was struck by a car in a hit-and-run in Dundee. Police in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793309,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-793308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}