CHP Searches For Walnut Creek Hit-And-Run Suspect

WALNUT CREEK, CA — Authorities were seeking the public's help Saturday in locating a driver who struck and injured a 78-year-old woman Thursday. The woman was crossing the street at a crosswalk in Walnut Creek the a silver pickup truck made impact.

The driver was described as a white adult male around 30 to 40 years old and may have been using a cell phone at the time of the collision, the California Highway Patrol reported.

The victim had started to cross the street in the crosswalk around 8:50 a.m. Thursday when the man driving a newer silver pickup truck made a right turn onto westbound Treat Boulevard and hit the woman. The truck came from Cherry Lane, southbound at the Treat Boulevard intersection, deputies said.

Anyone who witnessed this collision or the described suspect truck, was asked to contact CHP in Martinez at 925-646-4980, and request to leave contact information for Officer Heminez.