Boy, 5, killed in W-B hit-and-run
WILKES-BARRE - A hit-and-run driver killed a 5-year-old boy Friday night.
An unknown driver struck Kevin Miller, 5, of Dallas, around 11 p.m. Friday at West North and North Franklin streets and fled the scene, police said.
Deputy Coroner Tom Moran pronounced Kevin dead at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Plains Twp. The boy died from multiple traumatic injuries, and Mr. Moran ruled the death a homicide by vehicle.
The vehicle that struck Kevin appeared to be a red Pontiac Grand Am with a sunroof and unspecified damage to its front end and side, police said after reviewing witness accounts and surveillance cameras. Anyone with information is asked to call 826-8106 or 826-8114