Pedestrian injured in collision involving alleged hit-and-run driver Jacinto Perez Lopez at Martin Luther King Jr. Way and S. Main Street in Harrisonburg, Virginia
Harrisonburg Police Department news release
The female victim, identified as a 21 year old local college student, was traveling South on S. Main Street and was crossing the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Way via the crosswalk on a motorized scooter. Multiple witnesses at the scene reported that an older model Dark Green Toyota Camry entered the intersection and failed to yield right of way to the crosswalk sign.
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