A woman walking along a Willits roadway this evening was reportedly intentionally targeted by a driver who allegedly struck her which resulted in her careening into a roadside ditch.
Scanner traffic began around 6:43 p.m. indicating the woman was struck on the 22000 block of Eastside Road by a silver Honda Civic hatchback occupied by two white male adults. The driver reportedly drove north after striking the woman.
The pedestrian was able to self-transport to Willits’s Howard Hospital and currently Willits Police officers and California Highway Patrol officers are converging on the area searching for the involved vehicle.
UPDATE 7:45 p.m.: A law enforcement officer surveyed the area where the hit and run reportedly occurred and told dispatch he could not find any evidence of the incident.
Please remember that this story is unfolding. Information is being reported as we gather it. However, some of the information coming from witnesses and initial official reports could be wrong. We will do our best to get the facts but, in the case that something is inaccurate, we will update with correct information as soon as we can.
The woman careened? I’m immediately suspicious of this story.
So am I – bigtime. How many people when hit by a vehicle (at 6:45, when it’s quite dark) are able to see into said vehicle – as they are being hit, presumably – and discern just who is in there, let alone their sex and race. I’ve been hit twice, and I assure you, it’s just not so, unless of course they actually stopped. I smell fiction.
Hope she wasn’t too badly injured. Same thing happened to a family member. The car that hit my family member slowed down briefly, then sped away when she was able to stand up. What’s wrong with people.
Check nearby cameras? Get a license plate? Ask witnesses? HELLO