PORT WASHINGTON (WITI) -- Port Washington police have located and issued citations to the driver responsible for a hit-and-run incident involving a pedestrian Wednesday morning, March 27th in the crosswalk at Grand and Webster.
Police say a 36-year-old Greenfield woman was cited with failure to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian in an uncontrolled intersection and failure to notify police of an accident. This, after she struck a 15-year-old student and fled the scene.
According to officials, the Port Washington Police Department received a call from a witness Thursday morning, March 29th. The witness was able to provide police the company logo from the suspected vehicle.
The hit-and-run incident occurred between 7:15 a.m. and 7:20 a.m.
Police say other vehicles were stopped on Grand Avenue waiting for the student to cross when a vehicle passed on the right going westbound — striking the student in the left leg and running over her foot.
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