Chapel Hill Police are seeking information from the public after a vehicle fled the scene after striking a pedestrian on Thursday evening.
A tweet was sent from the Chapel Hill Police Department account just before 4:30 Thursday saying that a pedestrian was struck on Homestead near Weaver Dairy. The account reports a brown sedan driven by a black male struck the pedestrian and fled before authorities arrived.
Pedestrian struck on Homestd near Weavr Dairy. Brown sedan w/ B/M driver left scene. Ped taken 2 ED w/ broken bones. DM w/ info plz
— Chapel Hill Police (@ChapelHillPD) October 15, 2015
If you have any information regarding the accident or the sedan, you are asked to contact Chapel Hill Police.
Authorities say the pedestrian was hospitalized with broken bones.
The victim, 79-year-old Guo Qi Zheng, later died from injuries sustained in the hit and run.
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