WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — A woman was taken to the hospital after she was hit by a car in downtown Wilkes-Barre.
Police say they tried to pull over the silver Chevy earlier in the afternoon for a traffic violation.
Officers say the car smelled like marijuana and when they tried to identify one of the passengers, he jumped in the driver's seat and stole the car.
Police say they eventually lost sight of the car.
A little while later, a witness says the driver hit a woman at the corner of South Main and Northampton Streets and then took off.
"I just saw him speeding up Northhampton he hit the woman. The police cars were way back they were, it didn't look like they were chasing him, but they musta been but he hit the woman and just proceeded up Northampton almost hit us head-on passed us out and that's it," said witness Richard Holovick. "How could you hit somebody and keep going?"
Investigators found the car abandoned a few blocks away with the motor running and the driver's side door open.
Investigators believe the driver also tried to break into a building, in an attempt to hide.
The victim of the hit and run was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
Police are still searching for the driver after the hit and run in Wilkes-Barre.
Anyone with any information relating to this incident, please contact the Wilkes-Barre Police Department at 570-208-4200 or 911.
