LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Police are investigating after a hit-and-run crash in west Louisville early Wednesday that sent a woman to the hospital in critical condition, where she later died. 

It happened around 8:15 a.m. at the intersection of Louis Coleman Drive and Dumesnil, according to a news release from Louisville Metro Police.

Witnesses told LMPD investigators a vehicle headed northbound on Louis Coleman Drive crossed into the southbound lanes and drove "onto the sidewalk, on the west side of the street, and struck an adult female."

"All of a sudden I heard a screech and a crash, and when I looked out the window I saw the car through the telephone pole and when I looked up, there she was in the yard," a neighbor told WDRB News.

The Jefferson County Coroner's office has identified the victim as 18-year-old Santanna Willie Holland. 

Multiple neighbors said EMS performed CPR for quite some time before taking her to the hospital where she died.

Security footage from a nearby home shows the car colliding with Holland, going on to run into a utility pole before finally coming to a stop. A neighbor saw the driver get out of the car, running off down the alley.

Police said the driver was in a stolen white Hyundai that he abandoned at the scene as he ran away on foot. He believed to be in his late teens or early 20s. 

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Pictured: LMPD cruisers parked near the scene of a hit and run crash that killed an 18-year-old woman at Louis Coleman Drive and Dumesnil in Louisville, Ky., on Jan. 18, 2023. (WDRB/Amanda Roberts via Twitter)

"It's obviously a traumatic scene for those involved, those who witnessed it as well and a lot of people did come out to assist and do the things that they can do," Sgt. Ron Fey, with the LMPD Traffic Unit, said. "But again, the biggest way they can assist us is with any information, no matter how small it is."

Investigators noted that the car crossed the wrong side of the road and onto the sidewalk. They believe speed was a factor in the crash.

Nearby streets in the area were closed for several hours while police completed their investigation. 

Anyone with information is asked to call the LMPD crime tipline at 502-574-LMPD (5673). Anonymous tips can also be sent online through the Crime Tip Portal. 

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