He said he couldn't call police or 911 because he's on probation and is not allowed to have contact with police.īurdick is currently being held at Clark County Detention Center without bail. He told detectives that he went to check on the boy and stayed with him until an ambulance arrived. He called a police detective and said he saw the child at the last second and tried to brake, according to the report. Police traced the U-Haul and determined that Burdick, 21, was the alleged driver. Investigators with LVMPD's Fatal Detail were called and learned that a U-Haul moving truck hit the side of the boy's bike, knocking him to the ground, and then ran over him. The boy was taken to Sunrise Trauma, where he died from his injuries. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police wrote that they were called to the scene where a 6-year-old was hit by a U-Haul truck in the 1700 block of Karen Avenue.
Michael Burdick was taken into custody on suspicion of failure to stop at the scene of a crash on Saturday, Aug. LAS VEGAS (KSNV) - A Las Vegas man is accused of leaving the scene after a fatal collision with a 6-year-old boy riding a bike.
