Codiac Regional RCMP are looking for the driver of a yellow Chevrolet Cobalt after two groups of people were hit by a motorist early Sunday morning in Moncton.

Police say around 2 a.m. one person was injured when a vehicle hit a group of four people walking on Mountain Road near Killam Drive. One of the people in the group was able to warn the others to move out of the way.

An hour later, a vehicle with the same description hit a man walking alone on McLaughlin Drive near Morton Avenue.

Both groups were walking on the sidewalk. In both incidents, the people who were hit were treated for minor injuries. They did not go to hospital.

Sgt. André Pepin says police have a good description of the car but not a licence plate. The description matches either a Chevrolet Cobalt or a Pontiac G5, he says.

"It's almost the same vehicle," he says. "It's really similar. So it could be a G5 or a Cobalt, but we're pretty sure it's the vehicle because it's exactly the same description: yellow, within a few hours apart."