(12-19) 10:07 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- A 71-year-old woman was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after she was robbed Wednesday in San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood, authorities said.

The attack occurred about 5:30 a.m. as the woman walked near the intersection of McAllister and Webster streets. A man approached her, grabbed her purse and punched her in the eye, causing a brain injury, police said.