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Man Pleads Guilty In Hit-And-Run That Hurt Boy
Teen On Bicycle Dragged By Pickup Driver
POSTED: 4:49 pm CST January 5,
2007
UPDATED: 5:40 pm CST January 5,
2007
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A man accused in a hit-and-run last year pleaded guilty on Friday.Sergio Ortiz pleaded guilty to careless and imprudent driving and leaving the scene of an accident.Police said Ortiz was driving a pickup truck that hit Juan Portillo, 14, in January 2006. Officers said Portillo was riding his bicycle along Truman Road near Bennington Avenue when a pickup truck pulled out of a drive-in restaurant and hit him. Portillo was knocked off of his bicycle and dragged under the pickup for about 200 feet.
The teenager was hospitalized for several days.
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Previous Stories:
- April 18, 2006: Arrest Made In Hit-And-Run That Injured Boy
- January 26, 2006: Police: Pickup Wanted In Hit-And-Run Found
- January 24, 2006: Boy Recovering After Being Dragged By Pickup
- January 23, 2006: Boy On Bike Critically Injured In Hit-And-Run
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