PORTLAND — Portland police are investigating a hit and run accident that left a local man hospitalized tonight.
Lt. Gary Hutcheson said 19-year-old Eric Francis of Cumberland Avenue was hit Sunday while crossing the intersection of Cumberland and Washington avenues.
The driver of the car, which is described as a gray Ford sedan, fled the scene and remains at large. The impact of the crash broke a mirror off the car.
Francis was taken to Maine Medical Center where he was being treated for injuries that are not life-threatening.
Hutcheson said the crash occurred around 7:30 p.m. during a steady rain.
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