California Highway Patrol officers this week released a sketch of a man being sought for allegedly beating a woman with a tire iron after a traffic collision in Long Beach more than two months ago.

The collision occurred just before 8 a.m. May 10 on the southbound 605 Freeway south of Spring Street and involved a Nissan sedan and a Chevrolet truck, CHP Officer Jeremy Tolen said.

The two drivers exited the freeway at Willow Street and stopped their vehicles. The suspect, described as a 40-year-old black male with a full beard, black hair and brown eyes, approached the victim and struck her in the arms, chest and face with a tire iron and his fists, Tolen said.

The woman sustained major injuries and “is now in the recovery process,” Tolen said.

The suspect fled the scene westbound on Willow Street in a white, four-door Nissan sedan with a pink Lyft light on the passenger side of the windshield.

The victim and witnesses gave police partial license plate numbers. The plate started with an 8 and ended with 413, 423, 415, or 425, police said.

The suspect was wearing a dark blue beanie with a white stripe, a blue shirt, black basketball shorts and white tennis shoes.

Anyone with information was asked to contact Officer Joel Holly at 562-868-0503 or by email at joel.holly@chp.ca.gov.