Dallas driver flees crash, leaving 9-year-old boy injured in backseat
Arden Rd. crash where 9-year-old boy was left in vehicle
DALLAS - A 9-year-old boy was critically injured in a crash early Wednesday morning and left in the backseat of a car, police said.
Dallas police said it happened around 12:30 a.m. near Arden Road.
Responding officers found two cars with significant damage and a little boy in the backseat of one of the vehicles.
Monica Tutt
They now believe 39-year-old Monica Tutt was speeding and hit a parked car.
She ran away from the scene, leaving the boy in the car.
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Police said Tutt was later located and arrested for intoxication assault and a collision involving injury.
There's no word yet on her relationship to the boy.
The investigation is ongoing.