Traffic crash, Currajong
Police are investigating after a teenage boy was struck by a car at Currajong last night.
Initial investigations indicate around 10.25pm the 14-year-old boy was walking along Grosvenor Street with a 21-year-old man when a vehicle that had been stopped at a stop sign at the intersection of Palmerston Street accelerated towards them.
The pedestrians attempted to avoid the vehicle, with the man jumping onto grass at the side of the road as the teenager moved in the opposite direction into the middle of the road.
The vehicle then swerved away from a parked car at the side of the road and struck the 14-year-old causing him to be thrown to the roadway.
The vehicle, described as a black SUV, then drove around the injured boy and was last seen driving west along Grosvenor Street.
The 14-year-old Currajong boy was taken to the Townsville Hospital with what are believed to be non-life threatening injuries.
The 21-year-old man was not injured.
Police are appealing for anyone who witnessed the crash or has any information that could assist investigators to contact Crime Stoppers.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting.
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