5-Year-Old Hospitalized After Hit-and-Run

      By Arthur Santana
      Washington Post
Staff Writer
      Sunday, March 19, 2000; Page C03

      A 5-year-old District boy who was crossing Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring
      last night was hit by a car and dragged for about five blocks before he
      became dislodged and the vehicle drove off, police said.

      Byron J. Lewis, Jr., of 2600 block of Bowen Road SE, was listed in
      critical but stable condition last night at Children's Hospital, police
      said. They said they were searching for the driver of the car, described
      only as silver colored, with D.C. plates, said Montgomery County police
      spokesman Lt. Bill O'Toole.

      The boy and a man who is a friend of the boy's family man were at
      Colesville Road and Georgia Avenue about 7:15 p.m. when the child was
      struck by the car, which had turned left onto Georgia from Colesville
      Road, O'Toole said. The man was not hit.

      After being caught beneath the car's front bumper the boy was dragged for
      about two blocks on Georgia Avenue, O'Toole said. The car turned left on
      Bonifant Street, continued to Fenton Street, and after turning right, went
      on for another block to Silver Spring Avenue before the boy was dislodged,
      the spokesman said.

      O'Toole said a witness told police that it appeared that while the child
      was being dragged, the car slowed for a time, and then accelerated.
      O'Toole said several pedestrians in the area told police they waved at the
      car, trying to signal the driver to stop, but that the driver appeared not
      to respond.

      The boy was being treated last night for a fractured femur and numerous
      abrasions, O'Toole said.

      Anyone with information was asked to call the Montgomery County police at
      301-279-8000 or 301-840-2435.

      © Copyright 2000 The Washington Post Company

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