Eryca and Kaitlyn Bradfield were seriously injured in a Lawncrest hit-and-run yesterday. Photos courtesy of Action News.

UPDATE - Police are looking for 22-year-old Shawn Timbers of the 1200-block of Alcott Street in Oxford Circle. He is considered to be a person of interest in the case. Kaitlyn, whose abdomen was rolled over by the car, has been updated to good condition, from critical.

ORIGINAL STORY – Eight-year-old twin sisters were injured in a hit-and-run accident yesterday afternoon in Lawncrest.

Eryca and Kaitlyn Bradfield were walking to a nearby store to get candy around 3:30 p.m. when they were hit around the intersection of Colgate Street and Cheltenham Avenue. One of the girls was run over. continue reading »

Outside media don’t care about the Northeast. We have all seen them misuse, misspell and mistake our neighborhoods and our streets, so we at NEast mag wanted to do something about it. When they get it wrong, we set it right in a segment we like to call Right NEast/Wrong NEast.

This is a frequent mistake, but unforgivable, regardless. Saturday’s two-car crash that injured nine people happened at Penn Street and Cheltenham Avenue, an intersection that could arguably be Frankford or Northwood.

But it’s definitely not Oxford Circle, as CBS3 reported, because that neighborhood is west of Roosevelt Boulevard.

By Shannon McDonald

Nine people were injured following a two-car crash in Northwood earlier today. It’s unclear how the accident started, but the crash resulted in nine injuries, including a 4-month-old child was not in a car seat.

The accident happened around 4:30 p.m. at Penn Street and Cheltenham Avenue. Penn Street was closed for more than an hour.

CBS3 has photos of the crash.