A 29-year-old woman has been arrested after police believe she hit a child with her car when the boy was on a skateboard earlier this month.
According to the Tempe Police Department, Alyssa Malone was arrested in connection to the incident after 8-year-old Zion Patterson, who was on a skateboard, was violently hit by a car and thrown to the ground while on a neighborhood street on March 2.
In a surveillance video from a city bus, the vehicle Malone was reportedly driving appears to stop for a brief moment, but ultimately drives away after hitting the boy. While the boy quickly gets to his feet, no one in the car pulled over to check on him.
Tempe Detectives arrested 29 YOA Alyssa Malone for Hit & Run of 8 year old boy. Thx for all the tips! pic.twitter.com/Q5KbLqGC1g
— Tempe Police (@TempePolice) March 10, 2016
"If I would have done that to your child, I would have at least waited," said Zion's mom, Jamie Campbow.
Tempe police said prior to the crash the boy had just exited a city bus on Hayden Lane near Kenwood Circle. It appears the incident happened within a neighborhood, so there was not a designated crosswalk in the area.
Tempe police thanked, via Twitter, those who called officials with tips.
