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Nun, 70, critically hurt in hit-and-run in Boyle Heights crosswalk

Los Angeles police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who struck a 70-year-old nun, leaving her in critical condition.

Police on Thursday asked the public for help in finding the driver of a black truck that struck Raquel Diaz in a Boyle Heights crosswalk last Sunday.

Diaz is the director of religious education at the Church of Assumption on Blanchard Street in L.A.

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The city is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

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