Eldery Sioux Falls woman is victim of hit and run

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Police are looking for the driver of a vehicle that hit a 79-year-old Sioux Falls woman and fled the scene just before noon Tuesday.

     Officer Jim Larson says the woman was struck while she was crossing North Main Avenue at West Fifth Street.  He says the victim describes the vehicle as a silver or blue, mini-van, newer style and possibly a Honda.  He says the vehicle would have some front end damage.   

     Larson says the woman was hospitalized with serious injuries.              

     Larson says the victim saw a driver and a passenger in the vehicle.  Investigators have a partial license plate of 1 A, with the remainder unknown.