RivCo Deputies Search For Hit-And-Run Driver Who Injured Woman

SAN JACINTO, CA — Deputies on Wednesday were still searching for a driver who struck and seriously injured a woman in San Jacinto before fleeing the scene earlier this week.

The incident was reported after 8 a.m. on Sunday on Meridian Street, south of Berginer Drive, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

When deputies arrived, they found a woman on the side of the road with several bystanders providing medical aid. She was taken to a local hospital where she remains in critical condition, officials said.

The woman was walking across the residential roadway when she was hit by a dark-colored SUV, which failed to stop. The driver fled the scene southbound on Meridian Street, police said.

The SUV was described as a compact, dark-colored box-style vehicle. No other information was immediately available.

Anyone with information related to this incident was urged to contact Deputy Bunn at the San Jacinto Sheriff's Station at 951-766-2366 or Riverside County Sheriff Dispatch at 951-776-1099.