Two Arrested in Beating of Motorist Who Hit 10-Year-Old and Stopped To Check On Child: Once Someone Told Me If They Hit Someone With a Car They Would 'Hit and Run'—They Said This was the Reason Why

Steve Utash  (Screen capture from YouTube video)

By Eric D. Lawrence and Katrease Stafford
Detroit police have arrested two teenagers in connection with the brutal beating of a motorist that has sparked outrage across the nation.

The teens, ages 16 and 17, were arrested without incident early Saturday morning in the area of the beating on Detroit's eastside, according to Detroit Police spokesman Sgt. Michael Woody.

Woody said the teens, who are from Detroit, were part of the group that beat Steve Utash, 54, on Wednesday, after his pickup hit 10-year-old David Harris, and he stopped to check on the boy. Woody declined to discuss a motive for the attack.

Police have said the boy was struck after he stepped into the path of the pickup, and that Utash, who as of Saturday afternoon was in a medically induced coma at St. John Hospital and Medical Center with multiple head injuries, was not at fault.

The 10-year-old's family could not be reached Saturday, but a family member told the Detroit Free Press on Friday that David, who was also taken to St. John for treatment, remained hospitalized with scrapes on his knee, swelling on his lip and foot problems.

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