A 14-year-old girl struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run outside La Sierra High School in Riverside on Wednesday morning, Sept. 7, is in serious condition but is expected to survive, police say.

UPDATE: Driver is arrested on suspicion of felony hit-and-run causing injury

The woman driving the vehicle left the scene, but was later found and taken in for questioning to determine whether she had committed a crime, according to police.

About 7:15 a.m., the girl was in a crosswalk about 100 feet east of the school when she was hit by a Chevy Silverado pickup turning left from Cochran Avenue onto eastbound La Sierra Avenue, said Sgt. Erich Feimer.

The girl was taken to Loma Linda University Medical Center in critical condition, Officer Ryan Railsback said, but her condition has stabilized enough to be upgraded to serious. He said she had pelvic and internal injuries.

A 42-year-old Riverside woman, whose name Feimer did not have, was driving the truck. She stopped briefly, then fled toward the 91, Feimer wrote in a news release.

Within about 10 minutes, an officer found the woman’s vehicle and pulled her over where the 91 meets La Sierra Avenue. Her truck was towed and she was taken to a police station.

Police said earlier in a news release that the woman had been arrested, but that information was premature, Railsback said.

The woman is being fully cooperative, he said, and there are no outstanding suspects.

La Sierra Avenue was closed off between Spaulding Road and Channing Street while police investigated.

At the scene Wednesday morning, a backpack lay in the road just east of the crosswalk. Two teenage girls who were apparent witnesses were told by a school staff member not to talk with a reporter.

La Sierra High is offering counseling to any student who requests it, said school secretary Judith Calderon. She said Principal Joshua Moss was at the hospital with the girl.

An Alvord Unified School District spokesman has not returned a message left seeking comment.

Feimer asks anyone with information about the crash to call Detective Ken Madsen at 951-826-8723.

This is the second time a juvenile has been hit by a car in Riverside in as many days. A girl was struck by an RTA vehicle while riding her bike with her mom before school Tuesday morning. Police said Wednesday that she, too, had been upgraded to serious but stable condition.

This story is developing. Check back for updates.

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