A sixteen year old boy was struck by a white SUV while crossing Bower Hill Road at Concordia Way. The media report for this hit and run is below.
On March 22, 2017 at approximately 6:40pm, MLPD officers were dispatched to a residence on Pennsylvania Blvd in reference to a leaving the scene pedestrian crash that had occurred earlier at a different location.
Upon arrival, officers spoke to a 16 year old male, who stated that he was walking home in the 1300 block of Bower Hill Road at about 6:05pm this evening. He was on the north side of the road, standing on the north west corner of Bower Hill Road and Concordia Way. As the pedestrian signal light changed to "walk", he began to walk across Concordia Way and observed a white SUV coming out of the west parking lot exit of Temple Emmanuel. As he was walking east, the white SUV then made a left turn out of the parking lot and "clipped" him. The 16 year old stated that the driver's side front fender and bumper hit him in the hip and back, and spun him around. He does not recall if he was knocked to the ground, but said that he saw the SUV slow down, then speed up as it went west on Bower Hill Road. The SUV then came to nearly a stop, then quickly accelerated again and left the area.
The 16 year old felt positive that the driver of the SUV knew he had hit him, but did not stop to check on him. He believes that the SUV was a 2010-2012 Ford Escape, and he described the driver as a white male in his 40s. There was also a white female in her teens in the front passenger seat. He was unable to see the license plate of the vehicle that struck him.
As a result of the crash, the 16 year old male stated that he was not injured, but had soreness in his back and wrist.
Investigative efforts to track down and identify the SUV, the driver or any witnesses to the incident have been unsuccessful at this point.
Aaron V. Lauth
Chief of Police
Mt Lebanon Police Department
555 Washington Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15228
(412)343-4015