The St. Joseph Police Department is searching for a man after a child was hit by a vehicle Sunday evening on the south side of town.

Sgt. Steve McClintick said around 7:30 p.m. an 8-year-old girl reportedly crossed the street in the 6400 block of S. 24th to meet her mother and was hit by a passing car. The impact spun the child around and injured her foot. She was transported to the hospital for treatment of moderate injuries. The vehicle left the scene.

McClintick said a witness tried to follow the vehicle described as a late 70s or early 80s gold sedan for a short time until an officer came across it. He said when the officer tried to stop the vehicle, it fled police. McClintick said only a vague description, that the driver was possibly a black man was given.

As of early Monday morning no one was apprehended in the incident.