Police investigating serious crash, hit-and-run on Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard

Police are investigating a serious crash and hit-and-run that happened Thursday morning on Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard.

Police cleared the scene of the hit-and-run investigation just before 5 a.m.

The crash happened before 3:30 a.m., after a driver ran a red light and hit a car with two people inside.

The driver who hit the car crashed into the trees then fled the scene on foot.

The two people inside the car that was hit were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.