Canton boy, 11, suffers minor injury in hit-skip accident Monday

CANTON ‒ An 11-year-old was taken to Aultman Hospital for treatment of minor injuries suffered Monday when he was hit by a motorist at 12th Street and Wertz Avenue NW, according to a Canton police report.

The driver, who turns 34 on Wednesday, was charged in Canton Municipal Court with leaving the scene of an accident and failing to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.

The collision occurred shortly after 7 p.m. when the boy was walking east across Wertz in the crosswalk on the south side of 12th Street. The driver of a silver 2016 Kia was westbound on 12th and turning left onto Wertz when he hit the boy, according to the police crash report.

Both the driver and the victim are residents of northwest Canton.

This article originally appeared on The Repository: Alleged hit-skip crash injures boy, 11, on Monday in northwest Canton