Cops: Woman who hit 8-year-old knew she did it, has ‘no remorse’

Officials with the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office (FBCSO) confirmed 39-year-old Angela Smith has confessed to the hit-and-run accident that landed an 8-year-old girl in the hospital with serious injuries Thursday night.

The child was hit when Smith allegedly ran a stop sign at Bissonnet Street near Hodge’s Bend Middle School and Holley Elementary School in the Four Corners area. The little girl was walking with her brother and sister across the street at the time of the accident

“That car just missed the other two siblings,” Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls said.

Police identified Smith as a person of interest Friday morning. By Friday afternoon, they had located both her and the damaged dark gray Nissan Altima she was driving at Edgewood Park at the corner of Bellfort and Southpark. Smith was detained at the park and agreed to be interviewed by deputies.

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Smith told deputies she knew she had hit someone and fled the scene because she was scared and had a suspended driver’s license. Smith has not asked about the little girl’s condition.

“[She had] very little sympathy and quite honestly very little remorse,” Nehls said. “There’s really no remorse.”

Nehls said Smith was also involved in another minor crash that same day approximately 12 minutes after the first crash. A family member of the victim of the second crash saw Smith’s Nissan Altima through social media posts from the FBCSO and reached out to deputies.

During the second crash, Smith allegedly rear-ended a vehicle before pulling into a parking lot. “Things went south” after that and Smith fled the scene, Fort Bend County Lt. Ryan Skelton said.

Smith is currently detained and is still being interviewed by police. She could face charges of failing to stop and render aid, but those charges could be upgraded depending on the child’s condition moving forward.

Nehls said deputies are currently working with the Fort Bend County District Attorney to see about pressing charges that he hopes to have filed by the end of the day. Smith told police she had no alcohol in her system at the time of the incident. The investigation is ongoing.

Nehl’s said this type of crash could result in third-degree felony charges with serious jail time. Skelton said video of the incident was the worst he had ever seen.

“I have a child that is that age and you never want to see that happen to a kid,” Skelton said. When you have kids that age it’s tough – that could be your kid.”

Officials said the little girl is still in critical condition. She was reportedly not breathing on her own when she was life-flighted to a hospital in downtown Houston Thursday night. Hospital workers are still assessing the nature of her injuries, officials said.