An 11-year-old boy involved in a hit-and-run in Escondido has died.
The family confirmed the news to NBC 7 on Thursday night.
The crash happened near the intersection of East Washington Avenue and North Hickory Street, reports NBC 7’s Dave Summers.
Aiden Antonio Torres de Paz was playing outside with another child near the intersection of East Washington Avenue and North Hickory Street on Wednesday night when he was hit. His mother said that, shortly after 5 p.m., she heard a crash and rushed outside. She found Aiden laying in the street, unconscious, with serious injuries. Police say the boy was taken to the hospital and later airlifted to Rady Children’s Hospital, where, his family said, he died Thanksgiving morning.
The boy’s loved ones say this kind of loss is unimaginable.
“We’re not celebrating Thanksgiving like we should be, like a typical family should be right now,” neighbor and family friend Irene Gonzalez told NBC 7. “It’s hard to give thanks. We do give thanks that Aiden is no longer in pain — seeing him, laying there in the bed suffering — so we do give thanks that he is up above with our heavenly father.”
Police, who don’t have a good description of the car or its driver at this point, are searching for those responsible for Aiden’s death. Anyone with information about the incident is being urged to contact Escondido Police Officer Paul Smyth at 760-839-4423.