A 16-year-old boy died after being hit by a vehicle Tuesday night in north Minneapolis.
According to the Minneapolis Police Department, at 8:37 p.m., officers and the Minneapolis Fire Department responded to a report of a vehicle hitting a child and then leaving the scene along the 5100 block of Fremont Avenue North.
Once officers arrived on the scene, they found a boy in critical condition lying in the road.
Officers and fire personnel began providing life-saving aid until paramedics arrived. Other officers went down the road, located the suspect vehicle's driver, and took him into custody, police said. According to police, the victim, who was later identified as a 16-year-old boy, was transported to North Memorial Medical Center where he later died.