Chapel Hill Police say the victim of a hit and run yesterday afternoon on Homestead Road has died.

Guo Qi Zheng, 79, of Old Larkspur Way in Chapel Hill was transported to UNC Hospitals and later died from injuries sustained in the crash.

Police say a dark brown sedan was involved in the collision. The driver fled the scene heading towards Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

Investigators would like to speak to anyone who may have witnessed or stopped at the scene of the hit and run.

If anyone has information about this hit & run, please call either the Chapel Hill Police Department at 919-968-2760 or Crime Stoppers at 919-942-7515. Calls to Crime Stoppers are confidential and anonymous, and the caller may be eligible for a cash reward up to $2,000 for information that leads to arrest.