84-year-old woman injured in hit-and-run on Pacific Avenue in Santa Rosa, California
Police seeking driver who struck 84-year-old woman in Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa police are seeking witnesses to a hit-and-run accident Saturday that left an 84-year-old Santa Rosa woman seriously injured. The accident took place around 8:30 p.m. in the area of 1550 Pacific Avenue, near the First Presbyterian Church.
The woman was reportedly struck by a white sedan driven by a woman in her 50s or 60s who immediately fled the scene, Sgt. Summer Black said.
The elderly woman was crossing Pacific Avenue but does not appear to have been in a crosswalk, Black said.
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