UPDATE: Police said the driver of the vehicle has been identified and police are no longer calling this a hit and run, the driver is not facing charges. Police have also corrected the ages of the people involved, they are three children - not a mother and two children as originally reported.
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MARBLEHEAD, Mass. –- A woman and two children were hit by a car Tuesday afternoon while crossing a street in Marblehead, police said.
The car involved, described as a white pickup truck driven by a white male in his 40s, fled the scene without stopping.
The crash happened at the intersection of Pleasant and Bessom streets around 3:30 p.m.
One child was taken to the hospital by ambulance, it’s unclear how serious those injuries are or if the mother and other child were injured.
Anyone who may have been in the area at the time and witnessed the crash is asked to call Marblehead Police at 781-631-1212.
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