Illinois Police: Motorists ignored 11-year-old boy laying in street after fatal hit-and-run

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — East St. Louis police say an 11-year-old boy killed in a hit-and-run was ignored by some motorists who drove around him as he lay hurt in the street.

Detective Jason Hicks tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that another motorist stopped to block the street and help Maurice A. Richards after the Wednesday night incident. The boy later died at a St. Louis hospital.

Hicks says police have no suspects or even a vehicle description.

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Information from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, http://www.stltoday.com