Emergency services personnel remove a Big Spring woman from her vehicle following a traffic accident in the 600 block of 15th Street late Friday afternoon. The driver of the second vehicle — an unidentified Hispanic male — fled the scene on foot, according to police officials. (HERALD Photo/Thomas Jenkins)

According to witnesses at the scene, a local woman was traveling east on 15th Street in a Chevrolet SUV and was in the process of turning into the driveway to her home when a Chevrolet Tahoe, driven by an unidentified male subject, slammed into the back of her vehicle.

The woman was transported to the emergency room at Scenic Mountain Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

According to BSPD officers at the scene, the force of the crash spun the injured woman's SUV 180 degrees, with it coming to a halt near the front yard of her home. The Tahoe, however, travelled east down 15th Street approximately a block — spilling large quantities of fluids from its damaged front end onto the roadway — before the driver abandoned it and fled on foot.

Officers confirmed there were several open beer bottles inside the Tahoe and the was a strong odor of alcohol coming from the vehicle. Police officials at the scene declined to release the name the vehicle was registered in.

Witnesses described the male driver as Hispanic and in his early to mid 40s. According to police records available Saturday morning, no arrest had been made on charges of failure to stop and render aid — a felony — or evading arrest.

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