Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - Tuesday afternoon Sioux Falls Police, Fire and Rural Metro Ambulance responded to 11th Street and Spring Avenue for a car / pedestrian hit and run crash. Investigation revealed that an 8 year old male ran across the street from west to east about 50 feet north of the 11th Street and Spring Avenue intersection. The boy was hit by a vehicle owned and operated by Gilbert Thomas Martin, 59, Sioux Falls. Martin then squealed out and took off from the scene.
The unidentified 8 year old sustained non-life threating injuries in the accident.
Mr. Martin returned to the scene a while later and as a result of the investigation was arrested and lodged for Felony Hit and Run along with No Driver’s License.