Boone County deputies seek driver who struck child in hit-and-run

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Boone County deputies are asking for the public's help in finding a driver who hit a 9-year-old girl and drove away Sunday night.

The child, who was taken to a hospital but was alert and talking at the scene, was crossing in the 700 block of Demaret Drive east of Columbia at about 6:45 p.m. when she was hit, said Boone County Sheriff's Office Capt. Brian Leer. Witnesses said the vehicle was a red sedan, driven by a young woman, with a black dog inside, Leer said.

The vehicle drove away north on Hogan Drive.