Minnesota woman is accused of mowing down a 3-year-old girl in a hit-and-run crash that she later filed an insurance claim for
Inset: Dollara Muktar Mohamed (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office). Background: The 900 block of Lowry Avenue NE in Minneapolis, Minn., where Dollara Muktar Mohamed allegedly mowed down a 3-year-old girl in an October hit-and-run incident (Google Maps).
A Minnesota woman is facing charges after allegedly striking a 3-year-old girl in a hit-and-run crash and later filing an insurance claim in which she claimed she hit a “big rock,” according to court records.
Dollara Muktar Mohamed, 32, reportedly told Nationwide Insurance agents that she found the child “crying over a toy” after the incident. Mohamed admitted to discovering “a little girl lying on the ground” when she stepped out of the Kia Sorento she was driving on October 13 to check the alleged damage from the rock. However, in a recorded statement to Nationwide, she claimed the child had not been hit 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 states. “She claimed she did not hit the child, saying the child was ‘autistic’ and crying over a toy. She said the little girl’s brother was standing nearby and that she left the area after dropping two friends off at a gas station.”
Police, however, say the child and her brother were outside playing near their Minneapolis driveway when Mohamed struck the girl. Authorities allege Mohamed briefly got out of the vehicle, then returned to her car and fled the scene. Emergency responders transported the girl to Hennepin County Medical Center, where she was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit with severe injuries, including abrasions to her face, a skull fracture, brain bleeding, and a traumatic brain injury.
Surveillance footage from local businesses reportedly captured Mohamed and two passengers leaving the scene. The complaint says “screaming and crying is heard on video” as Mohamed drives to a nearby convenience store before watching an ambulance pass by en route to the incident.
In the days following the crash, police used the footage to trace the Kia to Mohamed’s relatives. Investigators say Mohamed and her family submitted an insurance claim about the incident but never mentioned hitting a child.
When contacted by investigators before her arrest, Mohamed allegedly denied hitting anything, though she admitted she was driving the vehicle. She reportedly disputed that the child was 3 years old, claiming her mother had left her outside unsupervised.
Mohamed was arrested on December 12 and charged with felony criminal vehicular operation and failure to stop. Bail was set at $75,000, and she remains in custody. Her next court appearance is scheduled for January 13, 2026.
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