Local News in Brief : Fullerton : Woman Fatally Injured by Hit-and-Run Driver
An unidentified woman was fatally injured when she was struck by a hit-and-run driver Thursday, police said.
Police Sgt. Jeff Roop said a van traveling north on Gilbert Street about 11 a.m. turned right onto Orangethorpe Avenue and hit the woman in the crosswalk.
The van’s driver stopped momentarily then fled, Roop said. The woman was taken by ambulance to UCI Medical Center in Orange, where she was pronounced dead Thursday afternoon, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Roop said there was no description of the driver or the van. Police were seeking witnesses to the accident.
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