HENNEPIN COUNTY, MN - A woman who is accused of hitting a three-year-old girl in a hit-and-run accident, that she later filed an insurance claim for, reportedly told Nationwide agents that she hit a "big rock" in an alley and then found the child "crying over a toy."
The alleged suspect, 32-year-old Dollara Muktar Mohamed allegedly admitted to discovering "a little girl lying on the ground" when she got out of her Kia Sorento that she was driving on October 13 to inspect the damage from the rock she claimed to have hit, Law & Crime reported.
However, the woman claimed in a statement that she was recorded by Nationwide Insurance that the child was not struck or injured, according to a criminal complaint filed in Hennepin County.
"She said she picked up the little girl and 'dusted her off,'" the complaint alleges, citing the recorded statement. "She claimed she did not hit the child, and that the child was 'autistic' and crying over a toy. She said the little girl's brother was standing there. She said she left the area and dropped her two friends off at the gas station."
According to police, the victim and her brother were outside together when Mohamed hit the three-year-old as she was "playing in the dirt" near their driveway, which is located by the alley where Mohamed said the crash happened. Police said she "briefly got out of the vehicle to see what happened" and then got back into the car and fled the scene.
First responders were called to the scene and the girl was transported by ambulance to the Hennepin County Medical Center, where she was admitted into the pediatric intensive care unit. The child suffered from "severe abrasions to the side of her face, a skull fracture, brain bleed, and a traumatic brain injury," the complaint stated.
Surveillance footage obtained from local businesses nearby allegedly shows Mohamed and two passengers driving away from the scene of the hit-and-run. "Screaming and crying is heard on video," the complaint says. Mohamed is captured driving to a nearby convenience store and getting out in the parking lot with the passengers. "[Mohamed] watches the ambulance pass by as it heads to the scene," the complaint said.
In the days following the crash, investigators used the security footage to track down the owner of the Kia, who is related to Mohamed. They allegedly told police that Mohamed and the family submitted an insurance claim with Nationwide about the incident, but she never mentioned hitting a child.
An investigator reached Mohamed over the phone before her arrest, and she allegedly denied hitting anything but did confirm that she was driving the Kia. "When the investigator confronted her with running over a three-year-old, [Mohamed] responded that the child 'was not three-years-old' and that 'her mom neglected her outside.'"
Mohamed was arrested on December 12 and has been charged with felony criminal vehicular operation and failure to stop. Her bail was set at $75,000 and she was remanded in jail as of Monday, December 15. Her next scheduled court date is for January 13, 2026.
The alleged suspect, 32-year-old Dollara Muktar Mohamed allegedly admitted to discovering "a little girl lying on the ground" when she got out of her Kia Sorento that she was driving on October 13 to inspect the damage from the rock she claimed to have hit, Law & Crime reported.
However, the woman claimed in a statement that she was recorded by Nationwide Insurance that the child was not struck or injured, according to a criminal complaint filed in Hennepin County.
"She said she picked up the little girl and 'dusted her off,'" the complaint alleges, citing the recorded statement. "She claimed she did not hit the child, and that the child was 'autistic' and crying over a toy. She said the little girl's brother was standing there. She said she left the area and dropped her two friends off at the gas station."
According to police, the victim and her brother were outside together when Mohamed hit the three-year-old as she was "playing in the dirt" near their driveway, which is located by the alley where Mohamed said the crash happened. Police said she "briefly got out of the vehicle to see what happened" and then got back into the car and fled the scene.
First responders were called to the scene and the girl was transported by ambulance to the Hennepin County Medical Center, where she was admitted into the pediatric intensive care unit. The child suffered from "severe abrasions to the side of her face, a skull fracture, brain bleed, and a traumatic brain injury," the complaint stated.
Surveillance footage obtained from local businesses nearby allegedly shows Mohamed and two passengers driving away from the scene of the hit-and-run. "Screaming and crying is heard on video," the complaint says. Mohamed is captured driving to a nearby convenience store and getting out in the parking lot with the passengers. "[Mohamed] watches the ambulance pass by as it heads to the scene," the complaint said.
In the days following the crash, investigators used the security footage to track down the owner of the Kia, who is related to Mohamed. They allegedly told police that Mohamed and the family submitted an insurance claim with Nationwide about the incident, but she never mentioned hitting a child.
An investigator reached Mohamed over the phone before her arrest, and she allegedly denied hitting anything but did confirm that she was driving the Kia. "When the investigator confronted her with running over a three-year-old, [Mohamed] responded that the child 'was not three-years-old' and that 'her mom neglected her outside.'"
Mohamed was arrested on December 12 and has been charged with felony criminal vehicular operation and failure to stop. Her bail was set at $75,000 and she was remanded in jail as of Monday, December 15. Her next scheduled court date is for January 13, 2026.
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