A 7-year-old boy died March 18 while waiting for the bus in what police believe was a hit-and-run on the far east side near the intersection of North Post Road and East 21st Street.
According to Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, investigators believe the child was hit by two vehicles shortly after 7:30 a.m. The first vehicle was a light-colored sedan that fled the scene in an unknown direction. The second vehicle is believed to be the vehicle that caused the fatality.
Police said the driver of the second vehicle remained on scene and is cooperating with the investigation.
The child, identified by the coroner’s office as Sevion Sanford, was pronounced dead at the scene. Sanford was a student at Lakeside Elementary School, less than half of a mile east from where he was hit.
By early afternoon, there was a makeshift memorial at the entrance to an apartment complex on 21st Street at the school bus stop. Family, friends and community members gathered for a memorial March 20.
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