PEDESTRIAN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT

December 31, 2022 1:30 p.m.  

A pedestrian was taken to the hospital after a hit and run accident Friday morning.

A Roseburg Police report said at 6:45 a.m. officers responded to the corner of Northeast Winchester Street and Northeast Odell Avenue, after a caller said a man had been hit by a vehicle. It reportedly left the scene and was not located. The vehicle was described by a witness as a red newer Jeep Wrangler. The incident is being investigated as a failure to perform duties of a driver-felony case.

The pedestrian was transported to CHI Mercy Medical Center for unknown injuries.