The Richmond Police Department Crash Team is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the driver involved in a hit and run on Sunday.
At approximately 6 p.m., officers were called to the 600 block of East Canal Street for the report of a collision. Officers arrived and found an adult female motorcyclist injured after colliding with a silver or gray sedan in the intersection of East Canal and South 5th streets. The female was transported to a local hospital with injuries that were considered life threatening.
The motorcycle was being operated northbound on South 5th Street through the intersection when the silver or gray sedan, traveling southbound, struck the motorcycle. The driver of the sedan then turned right and drove from the scene westbound on East Canal Street.
Investigators with the Crash Team are investigating. They are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the driver or the vehicle, which would have sustained front-end damage.
Anyone with information on the driver or this incident is
asked to call RPD Crash Team Investigator G. Drago at (804) 646-1369 or contact Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000.
