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Police: Child injured; driver arrested on DUI count

Updated Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014 | 1:15 p.m.

A child was hospitalized this morning after being hit by a driver arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to Metro Police.

A small truck hit the boy, whose age was not released, about 6:30 a.m. in the 1400 block of Jones Boulevard, police said.

He was taken to University Medical Center with a non-life-threatening head injury, police said.

The boy was conscious at the time, Officer Jose Hernandez said.

The truck driver remained on scene, Hernandez said.

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