Dec 2, 2006 6:08 pm US/Eastern
Toddler Identified In Fatal Hit And Run In Towson
by Dennis Edwards
Towson, MD (WJZ/AP) ―
A woman accused of ramming her pickup truck into a boy being pushed in a stroller and dragging him three-quarters of a mile, killing him, is being held on $2 million bail, Baltimore County police said Saturday.
Lazara Arellano De Hogue, 40, of Towson, has been charged with hit and run, and additional charges are pending, police said.
De Hogue slammed her Dodge Ram into 3-year-old Elijah Cozart and his grandmother, Majorie Thomas, 55, as Thomas pushed the boy in a stroller across a busy Towson street Friday afternoon, police said.
The stroller became trapped in the undercarriage of the truck, but De Hogue did not stop until the boy fell to the pavement on a side street closer to her apartment, police said. She allegedly got out and removed the stroller, then drove home.
Elijah was taken to a local hospital, where he died. Thomas was flown to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, where she remained in fair condition Saturday afternoon, a spokeswoman said.
Witnesses helped police find the truck and identify De Hogue. She was arrested and interviewed with the help of a Spanish-speaking interpreter. Police said they would not release details of the interview because the crash remains under investigation.
De Hogue had a bail review scheduled for Monday. Beth Reed, a manager at Movie Time Video, told The (Baltimore)Sun that she happened to look out the window of the store when the toddler was struck. "I couldn't believe it," she said. "I think it's horrible. If I were in that situation, I probably would have stopped. I wouldn't have left."
(© 2006 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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