The South Boston Police Department is seeking assistance from the community to help identify the driver of a vehicle involved in a hit and run incident involving a pedestrian. On January 19 around 11:57 am, Officers responded to the area of Dollar Tree located on Old Halifax Road for an elderly female pedestrian that had been struck by a vehicle.

The vehicle, believed to be a 2016-2018 Nissan Altima, fled the scene upon striking the female. According to witnesses on scene, the vehicle was operated by an unidentified black male with two child occupants.