Tuesday, May 15, 2012 | 8:42 p.m.
Highway accident
A 9-year-old crossing the Summerlin Parkway on-ramp near Buffalo Drive was hospitalized Tuesday night after being struck by a car, according to Nevada Highway Patrol.
The boy was transported to University Medical Center and his injuries are considered to be nonlife-threatening, said trooper Loy Hixson, highway patrol spokesman.
The collision happened around 5:40 p.m. when the 9-year-old and a group of other youths were crossing the parkway on-ramp from south to north, Hixson said.
Witnesses from a nearby apartment complex told officials the group was headed from an apartment complex in the area to a K-Mart when a white 2001 Honda four-door about halfway down the on-ramp struck the 9-year-old, Hixson said.
The boy will remain at UMC overnight for observation and is expected to recover, Hixson said.
The 24-year-old Honda driver who stayed on the scene is not at fault because pedestrians are not permitted to cross on freeways, which includes on-ramps, Hixson said.
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