FRIENDSWOOD, Texas (KTRK) -- A 6-year-old child riding a bicycle was critically injured by a hit-and-run driver Saturday afternoon in Friendswood.
According to police, the child was struck around 11:55 a.m. by a vehicle on FM 2351 near Woodland Trail. Police said the driver, 61-year-old Kevin Guyton Caldwell, hit the child after the child lost control of his bicycle on the sidewalk and ended up in the roadway.
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Police said Caldwell did not stop and made no effort to help the child.
He later contacted Friendswood police by phone and turned himself in.
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The child was taken by air ambulance to a local hospital in critical condition.
Caldwell has been charged with an accident involving serious bodily injury, which is a third-degree felony. Bond was set at $100,000.