The Darwin Award folks may want to keep an eye on this one.

A 12-year-old Granbury boy struck by a car while lying in the street with a pillow as his friends videotaped the accident is in critical condition.  A spokeswoman with Cook Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth said the boy, Wesley Dell Parker, was in the hospital’s critical care unit and was in critical condition Tuesday afternoon.

On Saturday at 10:30 p.m., Parker was struck by a car as he laid with a pillow on Spanish Oak Drive near Misty Meadows Drive close to Emma Roberson Elementary School, said police captain Alan Hines.

Hines said two of Parker’s friends videotaped the accident. Although police did not officially say the kids were imitating a cable television show that airs stunts and physical accidents, officers at the scene said it appeared similar, Hines said.

The driver of the car that struck Parker left the scene but was tracked down by police Sunday, Hines said. When told she struck a person, the female driver became distraught, he said.

She told police she thought she hit a rock where the accident occurred.  The videotape is considered evidence, and district attorney Rob Christian must now consider whether a criminal charge of leaving the scene of an accident will be filed against the driver, said criminal investigator Russell Grizzard.

This little stunt takes stupidity to new heights.  Worse, they involved an innocent driver who will have to live with knowing she hit this kid, even if it wasn’t her fault.