BRIDGEPORT – Police are investigating after two pedestrians were struck in a hit-and-run accident Monday night.
Police said a woman in her 60s and her niece were struck around 8:45 p.m. when they were crossing Washington Avenue at Highland Street. Both victims are at Bridgeport Hospital in critical condition.
Police are searching for a light color large SUV which fled north on Washington Avenue toward Catherine Street. Stay with Fox CT and www.foxct.com for more on this story as it develops.