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Student critically injured by hit-and-run driver

Police seek help finding driver of white van that fled scene
Posted on: October 12, 2022 - 10:50am
Hopkins Academy student injured; police seek help finding driver who hit him

HADLEY –  Police are asking for the public’s help in locating the driver of a white van that fled the scene after striking a 13-year-old boy crossing Route 9 at a crosswalk in Hadley Tuesday morning.   

The boy suffered serious injuries when he was hit around 7:30 a.m. while crossing Route 9 in a crosswalk located near the Hampshire Juvenile Court building. He was taken by ambulance to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, where he is in critical condition.  

Police have issued a Be-On-The-Look-Out (BOLO) for a white van, possibly a 2004 Ford Econoline model, with damage to its front-right quarter and/or passenger side.  Surveillance cameras in the area captured images of the van shortly before the collision.

The van was traveling west on Route 9 towards Northampton. Its whereabouts and the identity of the driver remain unknown.

“We are asking for the public’s help in locating the van and identifying the driver,” Northwestern First Assistant District Attorney Steven Gagne.  “Somebody out there undoubtedly knows something, and we ask them to do the right thing by coming forward.” 

Anyone with any information about this incident is urged to call the Hadley Police Department at 413-584-0883.