Sharif Street’s son arrested in hit-and-run that injured 14-year-old girl

State Sen. Sharif Street’s son has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run crash that injured a 14-year-old girl in Hunting Park last year, police said..

Sharif Street Jr., 24, faces charges of aggravated assault by vehicle and related crimes in the August crash, according to court records. Street turned himself in January 29, the records show.

About 8:48 a.m. on Aug. 13, police responded to a reported hit-and-run at the intersection of Broad Street and West Erie Avenue, according to the affidavit of probable cause for Street’s arrest. When police arrived, they found a 14-year-old girl who had been hit by a car while crossing Broad Street near the intersection, the affidavit said.

The girl was taken to Jefferson Einstein Hospital and treated for a concussion and minor injuries, the document said.

A witness took a photo of the fleeing car’s license plate and told police that the driver, a man described as between 25 and 27 years old, was the lone occupant of the car.

Reached by phone Tuesday, Sharif Street Jr. declined to comment. Sen. Street could not be reached for comment.

Video from security cameras reviewed by police showed that the 14-year-old girl was crossing Broad Street when she was hit by a white sedan, rolled off the car’s hood and was flung forward in front of the car, the affidavit said. She tried to get on her feet, but fell down, and bystanders helped her to a traffic island on Broad Street, the affidavit said.

The white sedan came to a stop in the left northbound lane and stayed at the scene for nearly a minute, the document said, but no one got out of the car. The driver of the vehicle then pulled away, traveling northbound on Broad Street, according to the affidavit.

The girl told police she was on her way to church and just gotten off a SEPTA train at the Broad Street and Erie Avenue stop when she was hit.

A few weeks later, on Sept. 10, police said, Street was pulled over for a traffic infraction and his vehicle was seized as part of the hit-and-run investigation.

Cell phone records for his phone showed that minutes after the girl was struck, he made two calls to a phone number associated with his father, the affidavit said. The first call lasted just three seconds, and the second call lasted more than 23 minutes, according to the affidavit.

Investigators said the younger Street told police he was vacationing with his family at the Shore on the day of the crash. And according to the arrest affidavit, he also told police he had rented his Nissan Maxima to a man whose name he did not disclose.

Street Jr. was also arrested earlier last month for allegedly punching a security guard in the face outside Mayor Cherelle Parker’s inauguration, Clout reported. Police said Street and his grandfather, former Mayor John Street, were turned away from the backdoor at the Met, where Parker was sworn in to office. Street was charged with simple assault and disorderly conduct, police said.