UPDATED: 15-year-old skateboarder struck by vehicle, seriously injured

Crash happened one block from where Walter Johnson High student was hit by car last December

November 28, 2020 2:57 p.m.

This story was updated at 2:25 p.m., Nov. 28, 2020, to include more information from police about the crash.

A 15-year-old boy skateboarding on Montrose Road was seriously injured on Friday night when he was struck by a car.

The boy was skateboarding near the intersection with Evelyn Drive in Rockville at about 10:10 p.m. when he was hit while attempting to cross the street, according to a press release from the Montgomery County Police Department.

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The child, who was not identified, was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries, police wrote.

He was hit by a 2012 Toyota Prius, driven by 47-year-old Najeem Amin Jan, of Dumfries, Virginia.

No additional details were available Monday morning.

The crash happened one block west of where a Walter Johnson High School student was seriously injured while crossing the street to board his school bus last year.

On Dec. 12, the 17-year-old student was crossing Montrose Road at Bargate Court when he was hit by a Jeep Renegade that did not stop for the bus’s outstretched stop signal.

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He sustained serious injuries in the crash.

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