Warren resident honored for helping solve hit-and-run accident

WARREN ‚ Mayor Michael O’Brien honored the manager of a southwest Warren convenience store for helping police locate the woman they believe hit a 12-year-old boy and left the scene Friday.

The mayor gave Ashraf Mohammad an award at a ceremony today.

Mohammad, manager of Shadi’s Food Mart on Tod Avenue, was driving south on Tod at Fifth Street at about 3 p.m. after evening prayers, when he saw a boy lying face down on a sewer grate on Tod Avenue.

He saw a couple of his customers nearby, who “started screaming that the car was just a short distance up the street” that had hit the boy.

Mohammad could see the car, so he drove after it, then called 911 to alert police.

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