WATCH: Police Searching for Desperate Hit-and-run Fugitive

 

MIDLAND, TX -- The Midland Police Department is seeking the public's help to identify the driver involved in a hit-and-run that left a teen seriously injured.

According to MPD, officers were dispatched to the 5000 block of Andrews Highway for reports of a crash involving a pedestrian.

Officers arrived shortly after 8:35 p.m. and found a teen that had been trying to cross the road when he was struck by a truck. The teen was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries.

During the subsequent investigation, law enforcement learned the driver fled the scene at a high rate of speed.

The truck was last seen traveling south on Midland Drive near Cuthbert. It was described as an older model white Ford F-150 with a white headache rack and a toolbox in the truck bed.

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the MPD non-emergency line at 432-685-7108 or Midland Crime Stoppers at 432-694-TIPS.

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