BOSTON (WHDH) - An alleged hit-and-run driver who stuck and injured a little girl in Hyde Park Friday morning was released on bail.
Tyrese Trey Hamilton, 30, of Hartford, Connecticut was arraigned in the West Roxbury Division of Boston Municipal Court on a charge of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash causing personal injury, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins’ office.
Hamilton was also ordered not to drive without a license.
Police say they caught up with him on Blue Hill Avenue and took him into custody.
“At this point, officers approached the vehicle and the driver’s door swung open and the driver put his hands up,” the prosecutor said. “The defendant stated, ‘I just hit a little girl.’ At this time the defendant was placed into handcuffs without further incident.”
Officers responding to the area of Williams Avenue around 8:15 a.m. found the child suffering from non-life-threatening injuries after being hit by a car, according to Boston police.
Officers in training at the nearby Boston Police Academy raced to help a girl. She is expected to recover.
This comes after 11-year-old Francis Nedwell was injured in a hit-and-run in Dorchester on Wednesday.
Outside Boston Children’s Hospital, the family said he has been moved out of the Intensive Care Unit.
“I’m so happy because he was really depressed yesterday and I know for him it’s a big step,” said Nedwell’s aunt Kimberly Jones. “He’s going to feel better and him feeling better will be better for his recovery.”
After days of searching, police said they found and charged the driver of the white SUV who hit him on his way to school.
His family said they hope justice will be served for Francis and the little girl — both hit by drivers who left them bleeding in the street.
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