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Police Looking For Driver Of SUV Which Struck, Critically Injured Girl In Ventura County

Police are looking for the driver of an SUV who sped through a Ventura County intersection while a family was crossing the street, critically injuring a four-year-old girl.

It happened just after 9 a.m. Sunday, in Oxnard’s La Colonia neighborhood. 

A mother, and two children were crossing the intersection of Colonia Road and Bonita Street.  A SUV sped into the intersection, striking the four-yea-old girl.

Police say the SUV, which was a black Ford Expedition, didn’t stop and the driver fled the scene.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.