Wallace boy struck on U.S. Highway 117

WALLACE —A young Wallace boy was injured in an accident on Thursday, Nov. 6. Wallace Police Chief Jimmy Crayton told Duplin Journal the boy, about five years old, was running after a soccer ball when he ran into U.S. Hwy 117 near the intersection of Jennifer Road.

Crayton said the boy ran into the side of a car traveling on U.S. Hwy 117. The boy was transported to a hospital where he, at last check, remained in stable condition.

Crayton did not identify the boy’s name or which hospital he was transported to.

The driver will not face any charges. Crayton said there was nothing the driver could have done to avoid the accident.