Hit-and-Run Driver Kills 15-Year-Old in Channelview; Deputies Seek a Dark SUV
Ramiro Jayden Carmona, 15, was struck on Ridlon Street near Sheldon Road at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday and died at a hospital shortly after 11 p.m., authorities say. A witness told officials a dark-colored SUV hit him and left without stopping.
CHANNELVIEW - A 15-year-old boy was killed late Saturday night by a hit-and-run driver in Channelview, and deputies are asking for the public's help finding a dark-colored SUV, FOX 26 Houston reports, citing authorities. The crash was reported at around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday on Ridlon Street, close to Sheldon Road, in east Harris County.
Deputies who responded to the call found the victim lying in the roadway. Medics took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 11 p.m. Authorities identified him as Ramiro Jayden Carmona, 15 - a name released by officials and carried here on that release.
What investigators have to work with tonight is thin, and officials said so plainly. According to officials at the scene, a witness said a dark-colored SUV struck Carmona and left without stopping. There is no other description available of the driver or the vehicle, and no arrest had been announced in the reporting available through Sunday night.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call Crime Stoppers of Houston at 713-222-TIPS (8477). This story carries only what officials have put on the record; if deputies release a fuller vehicle description, a suspect identity, or an arrest, it will update.
