Overview
- The collision occurred Sunday night near 31st Avenue and Buckeye Road when officers responded at about 8:49 p.m. and found a toddler struck in a driveway.
- First responders rushed the child to a nearby hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
- Police say the driver, identified as 35-year-old Carlos Rojas Mora, stopped after the impact, got into another vehicle and then left the scene.
- Mora was located and taken into custody without incident and booked into jail on felony charges related to the investigation.
- Investigators say preliminary findings indicate the toddler wandered from supervision and the Department of Child Safety responded as Vehicular Crimes and Street Crimes detectives continue their probe.