An 82-year-old woman is in the hospital after a vehicle hit her in New Hartford and drove away, according to the New Hartford Police Department.
At around 9:20 p.m. June 26, the New Hartford Police and New Hartford Fire Department responded to a report of a car colliding with a person in the New Hartford Presbyterian Church parking lot on Park Street.
Police secured the scene and began interviewing witnesses while the New Hartford Fire Department provided aid to 82-year-old Barbara Wuest of Utica.
It was determined that the vehicle had left the scene, and Wuest was transported by Life Net Helicopter to Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse for serious but not life-threatening injuries to her lower body.
The case been assigned to the New Hartford Police Criminal Investigation Division.
Anyone who may have witnessed the collision or has any further information about it is urged to call the New Hartford Police Department and ask to speak with an investigator.
This article originally appeared on Observer-Dispatch: 82-year-old woman struck by car in New Hartford church parking lot, police say
Reporting by Casey Pritchard, Utica Observer Dispatch / Observer-Dispatch
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