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Watch: Bay Area cops hunting truck driver in hit-and-run that badly injured man

A man was seriously injured in a hit-and-run in San Jose on March 9. | Courtesy San Jose Police Department

San Jose police are hunting for a truck driver that hit and seriously injured a pedestrian last week.

Police said on March 9 at around 7:03 p.m. a light-colored truck was turning westbound onto Tully Road from the southbound section of Flint Avenue when it struck a man.

Police said that the pedestrian was outside of any marked crosswalk and was assisting a family in a disabled vehicle.

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The vehicle and driver fled the scene after the collision and have not been located or identified since.

The pedestrian was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Anyone with information on this investigation is urged to contact Detective Aldinger #4183 of the San José Police Department's Traffic Investigations Unit at 4183@sanjoseca.gov or call (408) 277-4654.

Garrett Leahy can be reached at garrett@sfstandard.com