(East St. Louis, IL)  —  An eleven-year-old boy is dead following a hit-and-run accident.  Maurice Richards was hit by a vehicle around 6:30 last night in the area of 37th and State Street in East Saint Louis.  According to the “Saint Louis Post Dispatch,”  a witness saw several cars drive around the child.  Maurice was taken to Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital and died about an hour later.  Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the East Saint Louis Police.