Two people were seriously injured Tuesday afternoon in a hit-and-run crash on Dorr Street in Toledo, according to Toledo police information reported by 13abc (WTVG). The crash happened around 2:53 p.m. on Tuesday, November 10, on Dorr Street near Hawley Street, and the driver who hit their car left the scene, 13abc reported.
Police said a 31-year-old Toledo woman was driving eastbound on Dorr Street near Hawley Street with a 35-year-old Toledo man riding as her passenger, according to the 13abc report of the police account. An unknown car ran a red light and pulled out in front of her, police said, in the account reported by 13abc.
The driver who crashed into the woman’s car drove away from the scene, according to Toledo police as reported by 13abc. Police had not identified that driver in the information released, and no description of the fleeing car was included in the 13abc report.
Both the 31-year-old driver and her 35-year-old passenger were taken to a hospital with serious injuries, 13abc reported, citing Toledo police. The woman was then transferred to another hospital for additional care, police said in that report. The hospitals were not named in the 13abc report, and police had not released the injured people’s names in that report.
The crash remains under investigation, according to Toledo police information reported by 13abc. No charges had been announced in the information available, and investigators had not said in that report whether speed, impairment or any other factor played a role in the collision.
Dorr Street near Hawley Street is in central Toledo, in Lucas County. A hit-and-run that leaves two people with serious injuries leaves the other driver still to be identified, and that identification is the central open question in the investigation as of Wednesday.
NewsForce247 is continuing to follow this crash and will update this story when Toledo police release more information, including any description of the fleeing vehicle or any identification of the people involved that police confirm for release.