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Leicester police seek driver in hit-and-run crash that left 86-year-old pedestrian with serious injuries

Authorities believe the suspect vehicle may be a silver Audi Q5 or SQ5. There may be passenger-side bumper damage to the vehicle from the crash, they added.

The suspect vehicle in the Leicester hit-and-run crash, according to police.
Leicester police believe the suspect vehicle may be a silver Audi Q5 or SQ5. Leicester Police Department

By Heather Alterisio

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Leicester police are requesting the public’s help in locating a vehicle and its driver suspected of being involved in a hit-and-run crash that left an elderly woman with serious injuries last month.

The crash took place Saturday, Jan. 20, around 12:40 a.m. on Stafford Street near Carleton Road, and the suspect vehicle fled the scene in the northbound direction on Huntoon Memorial Highway (Route 56), Leicester police noted in a release.

Emergency responders transported the victim, an 86-year-old pedestrian, to the hospital with serious injuries, police said.

Authorities believe the suspect vehicle may be a silver Audi Q5 or SQ5. There may be passenger-side bumper damage to the vehicle from the crash, they added.

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Leicester police ask anyone with information related to this incident to contact detectives or Sgt. Matthew Brady at 508-892-7010 ext. 2017 or [email protected].

Heather Alterisio

Senior Content Producer

Heather Alterisio, a senior content producer, joined Boston.com in 2022 after working for more than five years as a general assignment reporter at newspapers in Massachusetts.

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