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April 28, 2021St. Joseph, Mo. |  By: AP

Police: Northwestern Missouri child dies after hit-and-run


ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) - Police in northwestern Missouri say a 4-year-old has died from injuries sustained last week in a hit-and-run crash, and a woman has been charged in the child's death.

The News-Press reports that the crash happened April 22 on a St. Joseph street. Police say the child walked out into the street in front of the car around 8 p.m. and was hit.

The child was taken to a local hospital, then flown to a Kansas City hospital. Police confirmed on Monday that the child had died.

Police say officers stopped Suani Karsom about a block from the crash scene, and she admitted to hitting the child and driving off. Police say she was driving without a valid license and has been charged with leaving the scene of an injury crash.