Missing 12-year-old hospitalized after Denton County hit-and-run

A 23-year-old man has reportedly been arrested after one of two special-needs children reported missing in Denton County was injured in a hit-and-run Wednesday evening.

Officers had been called to a subdivision in Krum by family members seeking help finding the missing children, WFAA-TV (Channel 8) reported.

While speaking with the family, officers received a call regarding a hit-and-run accident in the area, the news station said.

Responding officers found that one of the missing kids, aged 12, had been hit by a vehicle that did not remain at the scene.

The injured child was airlifted to a Fort Worth hospital.

David Sentendrey
@DavidSFOX4
BREAKING: Arrest made. 23-year old Jesus Acevedo is charged with Accident Involving Personal Injury or Death. He’s being booked into the Denton Co. Jail after the Krum Police Chief tells me he and a fellow officer just made the arrest. More details on @FOX4 at 9/10. https://twitter.com/davidsfox4/status/1215440384438022144 …

David Sentendrey
@DavidSFOX4
TONIGHT AT 9/10: Leah Johnson — an autistic child in Krum — walked away from home and was hit by a vehicle on Wednesday evening. The driver never stopped. The child has a lacerated liver/spleen and a number of broken bones. Surveillance footage of the incident on @FOX4 tonight.

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KDFW-TV (Fox 4) reported that the child suffered multiple broken bones as well as a lacerated liver and spleen. The station also said that Krum police had arrested Jesus Acevedo, 23, in connection with the incident.

There was no word on whether the other missing child had yet been located.