Pedestrian injured in hit-and-run

Police seek information on an older Cadillac with older female driver.

A pedestrian was hit by a car in Cranbrook on Tuesday, and the driver fled the scene.

According to RCMP, a man was crossing 5th Street South near 7th Avenue South when he heard squealing tires and saw a vehicle turning left in front of him.

The vehicle struck the man and he ended up on the side of the road, RCMP said, but the driver did not stop.

The man suffered non-life threatening injuries.

The vehicle was an older Cadillac, possibly an El Dorado, the man reported, with an older female driver.

RCMP are asking anyone with information about this incident to contact Cranbrook RCMP at 250-489-3471.

Cranbrook Daily Townsman