Woman seriously injured in hit-and-run bicycle crash outside San Francisco’s City Lights bookstore

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A woman has life-threatening injuries after she was hit by a bicycle outside the City Lights bookstore in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon, the San Francisco Police Department said. The cyclist fled the scene after the crash, police said.

Police responded to the store at Broadway and Columbus Avenue at about 3:15 p.m. The elderly victim was hospitalized with serious injuries.

Police were able to find the bicyclist and arrest him. Police declined to release his identity as charges are pending.

All information is preliminary, SFPD said.