Driver flees accident, leaving 9-year-old boy injured in back seat

DALLAS – A 9-year-old boy was seriously injured early Wednesday after he was left in the back seat of a car following a crash, police said.

Officers responded to the scene of an accident near Arden Drive in Dallas around 1 a.m. and found two cars with significant damage. A woman crashed into a parked car with her child in the back seat.

The driver fled the scene on foot, leaving the boy in the car. He was taken to a local hospital and his condition is unknown.

According to police, the force of the impact threw the parked car into the front yard of a nearby house.

Investigators are working to identify the driver.