SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A 47-year-old pedestrian was hospitalized with serious injuries Friday when he was struck by a vehicle that left the scene in South Park, San Diego Police said.
The man was searching through trash cans and collecting cans around 2 a.m. in the 2900 block of Juniper Street when a vehicle being driven eastbound on Juniper struck him, Officer David O'Brien of the San Diego Police Department said.
The vehicle left the scene following the crash, the officer said. A description of the driver was not available, but witnesses described the car involved as a gold Toyota Corolla.
A woman who was with the victim told police she was clipped by the car but not hurt.
The pedestrian was rushed by ambulance to a hospital for treatment of serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
SDPD Traffic Division responded and was investigating the hit-and-run.
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