KENNEWICK, Wash.-Five people were hospitalized after a hit-and-run in Kennewick on July 30 and police are still looking for the driver suspected of causing the crash.
Washington State Patrol Troopers responded to the two car crash on SR 397 and West Columbia Drive around 6:33 p.m.
According to the WSP, the driver of a Dodge Ram in the northbound lane of SR 397 tried to turn left onto Columbia Drive and failed to yield the right-of-way and hit a Toyota Corolla going southbound on SR 397.
The driver of the Corolla, an 18-year-old Kennewick woman and all four of her passengers, including a 38-year-old woman and three children aged seven, six and three, were transported to Trios Hospital after the crash.
Both cars were totaled in the crash, however, the driver of the Dodge Ram ran from the scene and has not been identified yet.
The official cause of the crash is under investigation, according to the WSP, and charges may be pending against the driver who ran away.
