El Paso police investigators are searching for the driver of a pickup truck that hit and critically injured a 26-year-old man changing a flat tire on Interstate 10.
The hit-and-run crash occurred about 2:45 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, while a man was changing a tire on a white Toyota Tacoma on the shoulder of I-10 East near Airway Boulevard, stated a news release by El Paso police spokeswoman Detective Judy Oviedo.
The injured man, whose name was not disclosed, was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.
The Special Traffic Investigations Unit is looking for the hit-and-run vehicle, which is suspected of possibly being an unknown 2010-to-2015
silver or gray Chevrolet pickup truck with a quad cab, police said. The truck should have damage to its front right corner.
Anyone with information on the hit-and-run collision on I-10 may call the police nonemergency line at 915-832-4400 or may anonymously call Crime Stoppers of El Paso at 915-566-8477 (TIPS).
Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@elpasotimes.com and @BorundaDaniel on X.
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