The Sequim Police Department has identified the person they believe is responsible for a hit-and-run that severely injured 13-year-old Colton Dufour while he was skateboarding with friends on the 600 block of West Spruce Street on the night of March 31.

Although a warrant for the person’s arrest has been issued, no arrest had been announced at the time the Sequim Gazette went to press on Monday.

In a statement released Friday, police said that through an “intensive investigation involving thorough interviews and the review of numerous hours of security footage” they have identified a suspect. However, officers had not found the individual “despite significant efforts to locate and communicate” with them.

Police are not releasing the person’s name during the investigation, they said.

Police encourage anyone with further information on the hit-and-run to contact them at 360-683-7227 or via email at ContactSPD@ sequimwa.gov.

Dufour, who is in seventh grade at Sequim Middle School, sustained a head injury and a broken pelvis but is improving, according to his mother, Cherie Tachell. She told the Sequim Gazette on Sunday that the boy was scheduled to be moved Monday from Harborview Medical Center to Seattle Children’s for what may be months of speech and cognitive therapy.

Tachell said her son is walking but is still weak on his left side. She said he was able to have lunch with friends who visited him over the weekend.

According to Tachell, McDonald’s will hold a fundraiser from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23, donating 100% of proceeds from food sales to the family.

Photo courtesy of Cherie Tachell Colton Dufour, a student at Sequim Middle School who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run while skateboarding during spring break, was scheduled to be moved from Harborview Medical Center to Seattle Children’s on Monday to begin rehab, according to his mother, Cherie Tachell. Photo courtesy of Cherie Tachell| Colton Dufour, a student at Sequim Middle School who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run while skateboarding during spring break, was scheduled to be moved from Harborview Medical Center to Seattle Children’s on Monday to begin rehab, according to his mother, Cherie Tachell.

Photo courtesy of Cherie Tachell| Colton Dufour, a student at Sequim Middle School who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run while skateboarding during spring break, was scheduled to be moved from Harborview Medical Center to Seattle Children’s on Monday to begin rehab, according to his mother, Cherie Tachell.