U.C. Santa Cruz student seriously injured in hit & run

A 20-year-old University of California, Santa Cruz student was seriously injured early Sunday morning when she was hit by a car while walking with friends across the southbound side Highway 1. The car did not stop, according to Santa Cruz Police Dept.

The victim has been taken to a Bay Area Trauma Center and is in critical conditions, police said.

The victim was hit when walking home from a Halloween event on River St. with friends when she crossed the southbound side of Highway 1 between River St. and Mission St., according to police.

The suspect’s did not stop. The car has been described as a silver colored 2010 or 2011 Honda CRV.

Investigators are asking people to be on the look out for the car with damage to the passenger side front bumper.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the SCPD AT 831-420-5820.