BATON ROUGE - A child was killed Monday night when a semi-truck drove through a small neighborhood off of Airline Highway.

Around 7:40 p.m., a semi-truck was driving east on Lindale Avenue, near the intersection of Cottondale Drive, where some children were playing outside.

When the truck driver approached the kids, police say he stopped and told the group to clear out of the street. The driver didn't know that when he began to move, he struck seven-year-old Suleiman Hamideh.

Surveillance video showed Hamideh riding his bicycle around the front of the truck before he disappeared on the driver's side of the semi. Police say the driver was traveling between 7 and 12 mph.

The driver initially drove off, not aware that he had hit anyone. Police tracked him down about two blocks away.

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