An 11-year-old boy was seriously injured when he was hit by a vehicle while fighting with a toy sword with a friend in the La Playa neighborhood Saturday night, police said.
The boy was struck by a 2018 Ford Fusion traveling southbound on Catalina Boulevard near a wooded area shortly after 7 p.m., according to Officer Robert Heims of the San Diego Police Department.
The boy walked into the vehicle’s path from a dirt road along the west edge, the trooper said. He suffered multiple injuries, Heims said, including a fractured pelvis, head bruising and abrasions. He was rushed to a hospital.
The driver was not injured and impaired driving was not believed to be a factor in the crash, the trooper said.
The SDPD Traffic Division was investigating the accident.
