COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Police in Kentucky have arrested a motorist after a 6-year-old boy was fatally struck while riding his bicycle.
Media outlets report the boy was struck Friday by a pickup truck in Covington, Kentucky.
Covington police charged 45-year-old Christopher Wells with leaving the scene of an fatal accident.
Officers located Wells at a nearby shopping center.
Police have not released the boy’s identity and say he was killed instantly. At a vigil on Friday night, the boy’s parents identified him as Eli Kindt.
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