Man arrested in connection to fatal hit-and-run of 10-year-old boy in West Harris County

A man was arrested and charged in connection with a fatal hit-and-run incident that resulted in the death of a 10-year-old boy on the Fourth of July.

Alex Tuan Vuong, 36, has been charged with failure to stop and render aid, a second-degree felony.

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The incident happened shortly before 11 p.m. on July 4. According to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Vehicular Crimes Division, Vuong was driving an SUV north on Concord Green when he struck the young boy, who was riding his bicycle. Instead of stopping to assist the injured child, Vuong fled the scene, dragging the bicycle for a short distance before it became dislodged.

Responding officers found the boy lying in the intersection of Windy Stone and Concord Green. The little boy was airlifted to a trauma center via Lifeflight, where Capt. Kinnard-Bing says he died from his injuries moments later.

Detectives located the boy’s bicycle at Greenhouse and Keith Harrow, approximately half a mile from the crash scene.

Vuong has been booked into the Harris County Jail.

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