Manhunt For Driver Of SUV That Hit Teen Walking On Vacaville Sidewalk
VACAVILLE (CBS SF) -- Police in Vacaville are seeking a man suspected of striking a teenage boy with his car and then fleeing the scene Tuesday evening.
Officers responded to a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle in the 3500 block of Harbison Drive at 6:21 p.m. Tuesday.
When officers and paramedics arrived, they found a 16-year-old Vacaville boy who had been struck by a vehicle that subsequently fled.
The victim was unconscious when police arrived and was transported by ambulance to Kaiser Hospital in Vacaville for head trauma, abrasions and pain in his arms and legs.
His family told police that he is in stable condition.
The victim had been walking from the Vacaville Public Library on Ulatis Drive toward the Morgan Park apartment complex on the sidewalk of Harbison Drive, police said.
Witnesses told police that they saw a maroon SUV heading north on Harbison Drive mount the curb and hit the pedestrian.
Police said the SUV continued north on the sidewalk after striking the victim, hitting a pole and then some bushes before reentering Harbison Drive.
Officers found vehicle debris and fluids leading from the scene to the parking lot of the Target store on Harbison Drive. Police checked the area for the vehicle but could not locate it.
Police said that surveillance video at Target showed the suspect's vehicle entering the parking lot and parking immediately after the collision.
The driver entered Target briefly and then came out and drove away, police said. Investigators have released a picture of the suspect taken from the store's surveillance video.
Police said the debris found at the scene of the accident indicates that the suspect was driving a maroon 2008 Toyota Sequoia.
Anyone with information about the collision has been asked to call Vacaville police at (707) 449-5200 or Motor Officer Chad Hudson at (707) 330-2568.
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