Hit and run crash
A hit-and-run crash early Sunday morning totaled a car and destroyed a street light on S. 43 Street at the I 805 ramp in Legacy Walk. Photo via OnSceneTV.

Police are looking for the driver of a car that plowed down a traffic light and then ran off.

The incident happened in the early morning hours on S. 43rd Street at the I-805 ramp in Legacy Walk. The driver of a Dodge Challenger apparently lost control of the vehicle and hit the traffic light about 3:30 a.m. Sunday, according to a report by OnSceneTv.

San Diego police and fire department personnel responding to the crash ready to rescue the car’s occupants instead found it empty.

No other details were available.

— Staff report