(Update) – Three juveniles were detained after an early Friday morning hit and run.
According to Sgt. Steve McClintick with the St. Joseph Police Department, around 2:15 a.m., two trucks collided at the intersection of King Hill Avenue and Alabama Street. Capt. Jeff Wilson said one truck had five juveniles inside. three boys and two girls all of them fled the scene. Wilson said officers located all five kids being picked up by two other people in a car on the lot of Hosea Elementary School. Officers took two of the girls and one boy to juvenile detention.
McClintick said the incident is still under investigation and it was unclear yet who was at fault for the initial crash.
None of the juveniles were injured. The driver of the other truck reported rib injuries but refused medical treatment at the scene.
