By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
Police are looking for the driver of a red pickup that struck an 84-year-old woman at a central Salina convenience store on Friday evening.
Police were called to Salina Regional Health Center where Wilma Debolt, 84, had been taken after being struck by an unknown make red pickup in the parking lot on the north side of the Kwik Shop at 1600 S. Ninth Street, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning. The accident occurred at approximately 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Debolt had a black eye, a cut above her left brow, small cuts on her hands, a skinned knee, and hurting ribs, he said.
Debolt told police that she had been walking in the parking lot on the north side of the convenience store near the dumpster when she was struck by the pickup. Police found blood in the parking lot in the area where Debolt said she was hit, corroborating her story, Forrester said.
The driver of the pickup, who identified herself as "Shannon," gave Debolt a ride to Debolt's home on West Jewell Avenue and gave her a small amount of cash in case she needed to go to the emergency room, Forrester said. The woman was described as young, with long brown hair, and a thin build.