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Police Blame Lexus Car For Hit-And-Run On Hutchinson River Parkway

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Police are looking for the driver who hit an SUV in the Bronx, sent it into a swampy ditch and fled.

The NYPD says someone in a Lexus caused the crash on Hutchinson River Parkway near the Orchard Beach exit and then took off.

The driver of the damaged vehicle managed to get out and someone in a passing car drove him to the hospital.

He's expected to be OK.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74682), logging onto the Crime stoppers website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enterings TIP577.

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