A HIT and run driver fled the scene after leaving a 25-year-old woman lying in the road needing hospital treatment.

The small light coloured car collided with the pedestrian and drove off from the scene in Quedgeley without stopping on Saturday night.

It happened at around 10.40pm when a 25-year-old woman was crossing at the junction of Lower Meadow and Harvest Way.

She sustained leg injuries requiring hospital treatment.

The driver of the vehicle, or anyone who witnessed the incident and hasn’t yet spoken to police, should call police on 101 quoting incident 536 of August 27.