BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A five-year-old child suffered severe injuries in a hit-and-run collision in southeast Bakersfield Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n
At around 2:05 p.m., a woman was driving westbound with her kids inside the vehicle. She was preparing to make a southbound turn in the area of Tyree Toliver and Wilkins streets, according to the Bakersfield Police Department.<\/p>\n
Another vehicle — a truck with two occupants — ran a southbound stop sign, broadsiding the vehicle on the passenger side, police said.<\/p>\n
The child is in critical but stable condition, according to BPD, and is being airlifted to Valley Children’s Hospital in Madera.<\/p>\n
The woman was not at fault as there was no stop sign on Wilkins Street.<\/p>\n
Both occupants in the truck fled the scene, according to officials. BPD has the passenger in custody but is still looking for the driver as of Thursday evening.<\/p>\n