Police in Philadelphia are investigating after a woman was struck while walking along Knights Road in Northeast Philadelphia by a vehicle that was leaving a church parking lot before it fled the scene of the crash.
According to police, the incident happened at about 8:06 p.m. on Sunday night, when a woman walking along the 11000 block of Knights Road was struck by a vehicle that was pulling out of the parking lot of Our Lady of Calvary church.
After the crash, police said, the vehicle fled.
Police said the pedestrian, a 69-year-old woman, was taken to a nearby hospital where she was placed in critical condition.
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Law enforcement officials have not yet revealed information about the vehicle believed to have been involved in this incident.
An investigation, officials said, is ongoing.
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