Police: Man hit woman with car
CARBONDALE - A man is in custody after he struck a woman with his vehicle and then fled late Friday, city police said.
Police said the man, whose name was unavailable Friday night, driving a black Mitsubishi Eclipse, hit a woman on the unit block of Pear Street just before 11 p.m.
He fled, but Carbondale police apprehended him less than 30 minutes later on Route 6 in Mayfield. The man was taken for a blood-alcohol test, police said. Charges are expected to be filed in the incident.
The woman, whose name was also unavailable, was taken to Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton with serious injuries, police said.