Driver jailed after hit-and-run injures 4-year-old in Fresno

Police say a hit-and-run in east central Fresno was solved within hours after a 4-year-old boy was struck near Peach Avenue and Nevada Avenue, leaving a neighborhood shaken and a 31-year-old driver behind bars. Investigators identified Aman Kumar as the suspected driver and booked him into Fresno County Jail on a felony hit-and-run charge.

The crash happened around 8:07 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, 2026, after the child walked into the street from a backyard through an open side gate. The boy had been playing outside while his father and uncle worked nearby, and they did not realize he had wandered away until after he was hit. A nearby resident said emergency responders were performing CPR in the roadway, a scene that captured how fast an ordinary residential street can turn into a life-threatening emergency.

Police said witnesses and surveillance video helped them identify both Kumar and the vehicle within hours, a quick turnaround that depends heavily on neighbors willing to come forward. The boy was taken to Community Regional Medical Center and was listed in critical but stable condition. Earlier reports said he suffered major injuries but was expected to survive. Investigators are still looking at the vehicle’s speed and the exact sequence of events, but the decision to leave the scene transformed the crash into a felony case.

California Vehicle Code Section 20001 requires any driver involved in a crash that injures or kills someone to stop and fulfill duties at the scene. Leaving after an injury crash can be charged as a felony, and Fresno police have treated this case as both a traffic investigation and a serious crime. The Fresno Police Department’s Records Unit maintains crash reports and related records, and crash data tools from UC Berkeley’s Transportation Injury Mapping System and the California Office of Traffic Safety can help residents compare this collision with wider pedestrian safety patterns in Fresno County.

For families on blocks like Peach and Nevada, the details are a grim reminder that a child can slip through an open gate in seconds, and that a driver’s next decision can determine whether a crash becomes a rescue or a felony. The case now moves through Fresno County court, with the arrest already standing as a warning that hit-and-run decisions carry immediate consequences for children, parents and the entire neighborhood.