BERKELEY – A nine-month-old girl who suffered a head injury and more than one broken leg in a collision has been released from a hospital and police have arrested the person suspected of hitting her, authorities said.
The girl was injured on Monday. According to police, her father was pushing her stroller across Alcatraz Avenue at the intersection of Dover Street, when a dark-colored car traveling east on Alcatraz hit the stroller at about 8:15 a.m.
The 32-year-old man driving the vehicle first stopped and then took off southbound on Dover Street, police said. The police arrested him on Thursday on suspicion of serious crime, the police said.
Police found the man after a witness took a picture of the license plate. Police said they entered that information into their system on an “attempted crime” for a black 2000 Chrysler 300.
A license plate reader notified San Leandro police that the Chrysler was in their area Thursday, and they found it in an undisclosed shopping center parking lot. Officers arrested the man when he returned and notified Berkeley police. Officers from that agency arrived and arrested him, police said.