SUV strikes woman in San Jose and driver flees: police

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A woman was struck in a San Jose hit-and-run early Monday morning.

Sgt. Enrique Garcia said police officers responded to a report that a black SUV struck a woman in in the area of S. 1st Street and Monterey Road just before 2 a.m.

The SUV was travelling northbound Monterey Road at Alma Avenue and the driver fled the scene without stopping, Garcia said.

The woman was taken to a local hospital with life threatening injuries.