A Beloit woman is under arrest in connection with a hit and run accident last week involving a child on a bicycle.
Surveillance video of the incident shortly before 8:00 last Tuesday morning shows a blue car hit a child in the crosswalk at Madison Road and McKinley Avenue, and then continue driving. The child was treated for minor injuries at a local hospital and released.
Beloit Police say around 11:00 Sunday morning an off-duty officer observed a vehicle similar to the one in the video in the area of Hackett and Jackson Streets.
Officers stopped the vehicle driven by 24-year-old Amber D. Mayfield and observed damaged to the vehicle the was consistent with the accident.
Police say Mayfield admitted to being involved in the accident, and she was placed under arrest for hit and run causing injury.
Mayfield's vehicle was seized as evidence.
