UNION – Authorities are investigating a hit-and-run Saturday night that left a 6-year-old boy dead in the 4600 block of Franklinville Road.

At 9:04 p.m., police and fire crews were called to Franklin­ville Road for a report of an accident involving injuries, according to a news release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office.

Witnesses told police that Bryan Silva of Leland had been hit by a vehicle that left without stopping. It was described as a white car or SUV with damage to one of the headlamps, according to the release. It was traveling north on Franklinville Road.