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Accident Leaves 6-year-old In Critical Condition
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	Lasers and computers will help investigators recreate the accident. Video

A little boy who was out shoveling snow is being treated for critical injuries after a tragic accident. Somehow the six-year-old ended up too close to the road and in the path of a car driven by a neighbor.

At this point in the tragic situation, Action News will not be identifying either the victim or the driver.

The six-year-old little boy from Auburn Hills is in critical but stable condition. Police tell Action News the 38-year-old male neighbor who hit him is shaken.

Investigators were back at the scene of tragic car accident on Walton Road Tuesday that's left a six-year-old boy with head and internal injuries.

	Police say the six-year-old was shoveling snow near the family's mailboxes when he was struck by a car.

The youngster had accompanied his 12-year-old brother outside Monday night and was shoveling snow around the family mailbox when he was struck by an SUV. The driver turns out to be a man who lives on the same street.

"He saw the child, but it was too late to avoid the child. The driver has fully cooperated with the investigation. At this point, we have no reason to suspect that the driver was intoxicated. He is, in fact, the person who called 9-1-1 and initiated the emergency response to the scene," said Auburn Hills Police Det. Michael Thomas.

The family is new to the block, but the boys have become fast friends with their next door neighbor's nephews.

"I really hope that he's okay. I hope everything works out for his family and that they can get past this and everything will work out for them," said next door neighbor Latasha Charles.

Lasers and computers will help recreate the accident, but police will also take several other things into consideration.

"Obviously, the things that we're going to take into consideration will be visibility at that time, the clothing the child was wearing, the position of the child, the grade in the roadway, the speed of the car, as well as the fact that there may have been oncoming traffic. All those things will have to be taken into consideration," Det. Thomas said.

It will be several weeks before all those tests are in and police can finally close this case. However, police believe that this will turn out to be a tragic accident.

The driver, police tell Action News, did not have alcohol in his blood and he does have a clean record. Again, the little six-year-old boy is in critical but stable condition. He is being cared for at William-Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak.

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- Boy Hit By Car While Shoveling Snow

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