Hit and Run Vehicle vs. Pedestrian Crash
Case No. 14-03418
On 02-28-2014, at approximately 7:46 p.m. Eugene Police officers along with the Eugene Fire Department responded to a vehicle vs pedestrian crash near the intersection of Garfield Street and West 9th Avenue.
The female pedestrian, who resides in Eugene, was transported to a local hospital, with serious, but non-life threatening injuries.
The vehicle, later located and identified as a Chrysler Town and Country, left the area following the crash, and the driver remains outstanding.
The Eugene Police Major Collision Investigations Unit arrived and closed the street for approximately three hours, to collect evidence.
Anyone who was in the area of the intersection, of Garfield and West 9th Avenue, just prior of the crash, or immediately following the crash, regardless of if you consider yourself a witness or not, is asked to contact Officer Michael Klews, with the Eugene Police Major Collisions Investigations Unit, at 541-682-5576.