Woman Critically Injured After Hit-And-Run Crash In Long Beach

LONG BEACH, CA — A young woman was hospitalized in critical condition Thursday morning after she was injured in a hit-and-run crash in Long Beach.

Police responded to the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Third Street about 8:40 p.m. Wednesday, where officers found the victim, who is in her mid-20s, unconscious and breathing, laying in the street, according to the Long Beach Police Department.

Long Beach Fire Department paramedics treated the woman at the scene and took her to a hospital, police said.

The suspect vehicle was described as a dark blue or black four-door Honda, police said. The model was unknown.

The intersection was closed for about 90 minutes before it reopened about 10 p.m., police said.

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