A 10-year-old boy was hit by an SUV Friday afternoon while trying to cross Clay Street at Fifth North Street.

Reginald Sims, address unavailable, was taken to River Region Medical Center after a westbound Chevrolet Blazer driven by Jeanette Patterson, age and address unavailable, struck him around 3:30 p.m., Vicksburg police patrolman Curtis Judge said.

Patterson told police she did not see the child, who was trying to follow a friend who had crossed the busy, four-lane street, Judge said.

Reginald was transferred to the University of Mississippi Medical Center, but a spokesman could not be reached for a condition report Friday night.

U.S. 80 wreck injures two

A Vicksburg man and a Pattison woman were injured in a two-vehicle wreck on U.S. 80 Friday afternoon.

An eastbound 2001 Dodge Dakota driven by Travis McCullough, 27, 49 Cottonwood Drive, collided with a 2009 Nissan Altima driven by Lakendra N. McGrew, 23, 6006 Pattison-Hermanville Road, who had turned onto the highway from a private driveway near Cook Tractor, said Trooper Wayne Smith of the Highway Patrol.

Both drivers were taken to River Region Medical Center, Smith said, but hospital spokesman Diane Gawronski said she had no record of them.

Two jailed in theft of wallet from casino

Two people were in the Warren County Jail Friday night, accused in a March 11 theft at Riverwalk Casino.

Stephanie Parson, 28, 166 Elizabeth Circle, and Rodrick Sturgis, 30, 335 Meadowville Drive, are accused of taking a wallet with $800 from the Warrenton Road casino, Vicksburg police Lt. Bobby Stewart said.

Parson and Sturgis were being held on $1,500 bond each.

Lumber, diesel fuel reported missing

Lumber and fuel were reported missing in Warren County Friday.

At 8:57 a.m., about 35 pieces of plywood valued at $1,200 were reported stolen from a shed in the 9200 block of Mississippi 27.

Several hours later, at 12:08 p.m., 175 gallons of diesel valued at $214 and four batteries valued at $486 were reported stolen from a 1986 Mack truck that had been parked at St. Michael Place and Fisher Ferry Road.