NEWARK — Authorities say a 1-year-old baby being pushed in a stroller died Christmas morning after a hit-and-run driver struck her and her grandmother.
Police say Amara White was being pushed in the stroller on Londondale Parkway in Newark just before 3:00 Wednesday afternoon when she and the woman were struck by a driver who immediately took off.
The child was taken to Nationwide Children’s Hospital and died Friday morning.
Her 63-year-old grandmother, Nandini Adarwal, was in critical condition at Grant Medical Center.
Police say 36-year-old Cory Bush was arrested at his apartment hours afterward and admitted to police that he was distracted just before his vehicle his the woman and child, Newark police spokesman Sgt. Clint Eskins said.
Prosecutors will decide whether to charge him with vehicular homicide or other counts, Eskins said.