Pedestrian badly hurt in hit-and-run on east side of city

Police are asking for the public’s help finding a motorist who fled the U.S. 64 interchange for East Raleigh Boulevard in the eastern part of the city after striking a pedestrian late Saturday night.

Officers at 11:05 p.m. responded to the scene of the hit-and-run. The pedestrian was taken to ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville with life-threatening injuries, police said.

An investigation is continuing. Police said that anyone with any information about the incident is encouraged to call the police department at (252) 972-1411 or Crime Stoppers at (252) 977-1111.

Tips can be texted to police at 274637 by beginning messages with RMPOL to direct the tip to the police department, and messages can be sent to police via the MyRMT mobile app.