Intoxicated driver struck, killed 6-year-old crossing Grand Prairie street, police say
An intoxicated man driving a sport utility vehicle on Saturday night struck and killed a 6-year-old boy crossing a Grand Prairie street, police said.
The child was hit about 8 p.m. in the 2700 block of Regency Drive, Grand Prairie police said. The boy was struck by a Chevrolet SUV as he crossed from a residential area to a parking lot.
The child, whose name the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office had not released Sunday, was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
Police said they arrested the driver, Herschel Pearson, 35, on suspicion of intoxication manslaughter.
Emerson Clarridge
Fort Worth Star-Telegram