Fall River police search for driver who struck 17-year-old on scooter

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WLNE) — Fall River police are searching for the driver responsible in a hit-and-run crash that injured a teenager on a scooter Wednesday night.

Police said officers were called for a hit-and-run crash around 8:30 p.m. at the intersection of Aetna Street and Stafford Road.

The department believes a black SUV turned north onto Stafford Road from Aetna Street and hit a 17-year-old boy on a scooter.

Fall River police are searching for a driver in an alleged hit-and-run crash in the area of Aetna Street and Stafford Road on Wednesday night. (WLNE)

The SUV, described as a black four-door pickup truck, fled the scene.

The teenager was brought to Rhode Island Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Anyone with information on the SUV is asked to call Fall River police at 508-676-8511.