Driver flees after hitting 8-year-old girl near Fort Bend County schools

An 8-year-old girl was hit by a car Thursday night in Fort Bend County and rushed to a hospital in critical condition, according to police.

The child was hit when a motorist ran a stop sign at Bissonnet Street near Hodge’s Bend Middle School and Holley Elementary School in the Four Corners area

The driver fled in a dark gray Nissan Altima with damage to his windshield, authorities said.

Sheriff Troy Nehls called the incident “unconscionable.”

“We must find this driver,” he said in a tweet.

The child was not identified.