A driver was severely injured Saturday afternoon in a head-on collision when he drove the wrong way and hit another driver who fled the scene, police said.
The accident happened around 2:45 p.m. on the 1800 block of South 43rd Street near Interstate 805 in Shelltown, San Diego police Officer Sarah Foster said.
The 21-year-old man in a Saturn was driving southbound on 43rd Street when he crashed into a Ford F-150 pickup truck driving the correct way north, she said.
The 21-year-old sustained a broken arm and fractured ribs. The driver of the F-150 fled the scene, Foster said.
SDPD Traffic Division is investigating the crash.
Anyone with information regarding the incident was urged to contact SDPD or Crime Stopper at (888) 580-8477.
