The driver of the car that hit an 11-year-old student along Middle Road in As Mahetog Wednesday afternoon was a male tourist, according to police yesterday.<\/p>\n
Police officer Jason Tarkong said a Japanese tourist was driving the Toyota Camry that hit the boy.<\/p>\n
Tarkong said the tourist was not arrested as further investigation was conducted.<\/p>\n
Tarkong said the Department of Public Safety Central dispatched traffic police officers on Wednesday at 2:40pm to Chalan Pale Arnold (Middle Road) in As Mahetog by the entrance to a road leading to the Saipan Zoo for a reported auto-pedestrian crash.<\/p>\n
The crash occurred on the southbound inner lane of the highway.<\/p>\n
When police officers arrived at the scene, they saw a silver 2007 four-door Toyota Camry that sustained damage to the front right passenger side.<\/p>\n
Also at the scene was a Public School System bus parked along the southbound lane.<\/p>\n
Tarkong said preliminary investigation showed that an 11-year-old Palauan national was crossing the highway when the Toyota Camry hit him.<\/p>\n
The Toyota Camry was traveling south on the inner lane when it hit the boy moments after he got off the bus. <\/p>\n
Emergency medical technicians brought the boy to the Commonwealth Health Center for further treatment.<\/p>\n
Dr. Trent Scheibe determined that the boy sustained multiple fractures in the right lower leg and was admitted for further observation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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