11-Year-Old Boy Critically Injured in Hit-and-Run on East Washington Avenue in Escondido
Escondido, CA – Escondido, CA – November 18, 2025 – An 11-year-old boy was critically injured Wednesday evening after being struck by a hit-and-run driver near an Escondido intersection, according to the Escondido Police Department.The crash occurred shortly after 5 p.m. near East Washington Avenue and North Hickory Street. Investigators said the child lives at the residence where the incident happened and had been playing with another child when he wound up in the roadway and was hit by an unknown vehicle.Paramedics initially transported the boy to a nearby hospital before he was airlifted to Rady Children’s Hospital, where he remains in critical condition.
