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Kaptur hospitalized after hit-and-run, police say

Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) was hospitalized on Sunday after being involved in a hit-and-run car crash, according to her office and local authorities. Kaptur’s office said the congresswoman was a passenger in a vehicle heading to church service when the car was struck. The 80-year-old is “active, alert, and being treated for non-life threatening injuries,”...

Kaptur hospitalized after hit-and-run, police say

Rep. Marcy Kaptur, 80, was hospitalized on Sunday after a hit-and-run car crash in Toledo, Ohio. According to her office, Kaptur was a passenger in a vehicle heading to a church service when the car was struck.

Toledo police responded to the scene on Detroit Avenue and Central Avenue just before 11 a.m. local time. Two people, including Kaptur, were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

A witness told CBS News that the other driver was picked up by another vehicle and fled the scene shortly after the crash. The Toledo police investigation is ongoing.

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