Police ID woman accused of striking pedestrian in crosswalk at Target
Hours after turning to the media to identify a woman in a hit and run crash at Target, Columbus police said the woman has been identified.
“Had it not been for your coverage of this incident, we probably would have had another unsolved hit and run,” Police Cpl. Rosalyn Hall said Tuesday afternoon.
With help from the public, Columbus police were able to identify the hit and run driver accused of striking a pedestrian in the crosswalk at Target, the Traffic Division of the Columbus Police Department.
A pedestrian was struck Aug. 22 in the parking lot at 1591 Bradley Park Drive. Using store surveillance video, police said the woman was dressed in a blue scrub uniform with a white coat. She was the driver of what appeared to be a red Nissan Sentra when it struck the pedestrian in the crosswalk.
The 45-year-old woman wasn’t transported to the hospital but complained of chest pain and injuries to right ankle , police said.
This story was originally published August 28, 2018 at 12:00 AM.