Hit-and-run leaves pedestrian seriously injured: Edmonton police
A pedestrian was seriously injured in a hit-and-run in northeast Edmonton Tuesday night.
Police were called to 82 Street and 122 Avenue around 9:30 p.m.
The victim – a man approximately 30 years old, according to police – was hospitalized.
The intersection was closed while Edmonton Police Service's major collision investigators took photos and measurements at the scene.
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