Reward Offered for Driver Sought in 15-Year-Old Boy's Death
Police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who fatally struck a 15-year-old boy in New Jersey Friday night.
Jesus Lopez-Grande, 15, was walking east along Oak Street in Lakewood with his father just after 10 p.m. when a driver traveling east in a Jeep Cherokee hit both of them, Lakewood police and Lakewood Board of Education attorney Michael Inzelbuch said.
The driver fled the scene on Albert Avenue, according to police.
Lopez-Grande, who suffered “significant bodily injury,” was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. His father was taken to the hospital with an injured elbow.
The Lakewood Board of Education is offering a $3,600 reward for information leading to the driver's arrest, Inzelbuch said.
A vigil for the boy was scheduled to take place at Lakewood High School at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Lakewood Police Department at 732-363-0200.
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