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Default Detroit african crowd severely beats white pickup driver who stoppedafter hitting boy, 10

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A motorist is in critical condition after being beaten by a
large group of people on the city’s east side after his truck
struck an 10-year-old boy today, Detroit police said.

“He got his,” said one witness to the beating who declined to
give her name. “He got beat up real bad.”

Sgt. Michael Woody said officers believe the driver pulled over
to check on the child after he was hit around 4:10 p.m. He was
then assaulted by people in the neighborhood near Morang and
Balfour streets.

“Our chief indicated there was a large group of approximately 30
or more people,” Woody said. “But that’s not to say they all
took part in the assault, but they did come out to assist the
child, and it was a large group at that time. They could have
been from that large group.”

No additional information was available about the child’s
condition, but Woody said he was transported to St. John
Hospital.

Woody said the driver sustained multiple, serious head injuries
and was also transported to St. John.

“He could potentially die,” Woody said.

Later Wednesday afternoon, a few neighbors milled around the
scene, a busy intersection with a gas station, a Happy’s Pizza
and a liquor store. Despite the accident, children were still
running through the street.

The Balfour resident who asked not to be identified said she saw
the boy get hit by the truck after he and about three other
children attempted to cross the intersection to go to a Clark
gas station across the street.

“This little boy was screaming,” she said. “There was a lot of
people that came out. It was crazy.”

She said several other neighbors ran outside when they heard the
boy screaming. She said she and family watched as the driver was
beaten by a group of men.

She said that after being beaten, the motorist went to the gas
station for help.

The woman said several children routinely play outside and she’s
become increasingly concerned with motorists speeding through
the residential neighborhoods along Morang Street.

She said cars are often “driving up and down the street fast.”

Woody said the incident isn’t being treated as a hit-and-run
case because the driver stopped.

“The guy never tried to flee the scene,” Woody said. “He got out
to check on the child and was assaulted by people in the
neighborhood.”

Woody said police are searching for the individuals responsible
for the assault.

Contact Katrease Stafford: or 313-223-
4759. Follow her on Twitter @KatreaseS.

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driver-who-accidentally-hit-boy-with-pickup-in-Detroit

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