MOTORISTS IGNORE BOY, 11, DYING ON ROADWAY

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ST. LOUIS As Maurice Richards, pictured, was crossing an intersection a few doors down from his home in East St. Louis on Wednesday evening, a car suddenly slammed into him.

Instead of stopping to help the 11- year- old boy, however, the car kept on driving, according to police. Perhaps worse, other drivers followed the lead, weaving around the boy as he lay on the ground, dying.

Authorities called the hitand-run a “senseless act,” but also called out the drivers who ignored the dying boy.

“Just for the fact that they’re seeing someone lying in the street and didn’t render aid ... they need to be held accountable,” East St. Louis Police Det. Jason Hicks said.