BERKELEY — A person suspected of driving a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run crash that injured two elderly people last week has been arrested, police said.
The crash on Oct. 7 ended with a 78-year-old man and a 75-year-old woman suffering serious injuries and hospitalized. It happened at University Avenue and Eighth Street.
In a statement, police said they arrested the 22-year-old Richmond man on suspicion of two counds of felony hit-and-run. They found him after obtaining information from automated license plate readers in Berkeley and Emeryville and security footage from nearby businesses to identify him. A witness also followed the vehicle as it drove away following the crash and provided police with a description of it.
Investigators used the information to obtain an arrest warrant. Police said they then tracked the suspect down in El Cerrito and arrested him there.
The man and woman remain hospitalized in serious condition.