{"id":141738,"date":"2011-11-15T11:15:11","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T17:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=141738"},"modified":"2011-11-16T11:16:09","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T17:16:09","slug":"young-boy-hit-and-run-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=141738","title":{"rendered":"New Vehicle Info in Gregg County Fatality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=141739\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-141739\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2011\/11\/police-car-lights21-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"police-car-lights2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-141739\" \/><\/a> LONGVIEW \u2014 Troopers have determined that the Nissan pickup authorities were searching for in connection with a hit and run that left a 4-year-old boy dead was not the vehicle involved in the fatal crash. DPS officials were dispatched at about 8:15 p.m. Monday to Texas 149 near Younger Road when a vehicle traveling north struck and killed 4-year-old Cesar Pedro Cruz. Cruz was pronounced dead at the scene at about 9:15.<\/p>\n<p>The preliminary investigation shows that the youngster was walking in the road, northbound on 149 when it appears that he was struck from behind. Investigators believe that crash happened between 6:00 and 8:00pm Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Department of Public Safety Trooper Clay Steelman said the truck was originally suspected in the crash because the driver stopped at a nearby gas station and told the store clerk he hit a deer. Steelman said troopers determined during the investigation that the pickup did actually hit a deer. Investigators now believe to be involved in the crash is a vehicle in the Chrysler family, possibly a 2001 Dodge Durango or Dodge Dakota, silver or gray in color. The vehicle may have damage to the right front area, with damage to the fog lamp or headlight as well as the turn signal.<\/p>\n<p>Steelman said Tuesday morning he was following leads in the investigation in hopes of finding the driver who struck the boy. <\/p>\n<p>Cruz had been reported missing to authorities about an hour before his body was found, which was about a mile from his home. Anyone with information on this crime are asked to contact the Longview DPS office at 903-758-1789, or Gregg County Crime Stoppers at 903-236-STOP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONGVIEW \u2014 Troopers have determined that the Nissan pickup authorities were searching for in connection with a hit and run that left a 4-year-old boy dead was not the vehicle involved in the fatal crash. DPS officials were dispatched at about 8:15 p.m. Monday to Texas 149 near Younger Road when a vehicle traveling north &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=141738\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Vehicle Info in Gregg County Fatality<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-29 12:25:28","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141738"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142122,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141738\/revisions\/142122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}