{"id":406129,"date":"2026-07-21T04:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T04:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/406129\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T04:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T04:14:08","slug":"person-of-interest-in-custody-after-hit-and-run-critically-injures-child-in-oakland-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/406129\/","title":{"rendered":"Person of interest in custody after hit-and-run critically injures child in Oakland County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Officials said they also seized a vehicle believed to have been involved in the crash<\/p>\n<p>A person of interest is in custody after a hit-and-run crash that critically injured a juvenile pedestrian in Oakland County. (Copyright 2026 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. \u2013 A person of interest is in custody after a hit-and-run crash that critically injured a juvenile pedestrian in Oakland County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The crash occurred on Sunday (July 19) at about 11:17 p.m. on westbound 8 Mile Road, east of Wyoming Avenue in Royal Oak Township.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Police said the child was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene while continuing west on 8 Mile Road. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The juvenile was taken to a Metro Detroit hospital, where the child remains hospitalized and is continuing to receive treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Michigan State Police announced on July 20, 2026, that investigators have since taken a person of interest into custody at the Metro North Post. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Officials said they also seized a vehicle believed to have been involved in the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Police have not released the identity of the person of interest or announced any charges.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Additional information is available regarding the hit-and-run crash that occurred on July 19, 2026, on westbound 8 Mile Road near Wyoming Avenue in Royal Oak Township.<\/p>\n<p>The juvenile pedestrian remains hospitalized and is continuing to receive treatment for his injuries.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MSP Second District (@mspmetrodet) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mspmetrodet\/status\/2079375694782398524?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 kfUEDb copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorBrandon Carr headshot<a class=\"Link-PukYsz7Y__LinkBase-sc-scvrjz-0 gQZqgJ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/team\/BrandonCarr\/\" title=\"View Brandon Carr&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon Carr<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 duhyRF bxSMlJ\">Brandon Carr is a digital content producer for ClickOnDetroit and has been with WDIV Local 4 since November 2021. Brandon is the 2015 Solomon Kinloch Humanitarian award recipient for Community Service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Officials said they also seized a vehicle believed to have been involved in the crash A person of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,904,145,144,119828],"class_list":["post-406129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-county","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-royal-oak-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}