Charges have been filed against a driver who police said hit a woman and fled the scene.

Police say 74-year-old Stephen Lemro of West Virginia took off after hitting a woman at the intersection of Morgantown Street and West Church Street in Fairchance, Fayette County, on Wednesday. According to court paperwork, he said he thought he hit a deer.

"Many times, people run the traffic light and everything, and people do go fast," said Myrna Whitmarsh, who lives near where the accident happened.

"I was sitting at my window, I heard a slight squeal of brakes, which caused me to look out, and I [saw] just two cars stopped," a witness who didn't want to be identified told KDKA-TV.

"I came out right away, and the girl next door from the dentist's office started CPR," Whitmarsh said.

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