Hit and runs! 92 year-old Arizona woman leaves scene, claims diarrhea forced her to flee

An Oro Valley woman cited Saturday for hitting a pedestrian with her car, said she had a good reason to leave the scene and she returned less than 45 minutes later. Persis Draper, 92, said she was on her way to visit a friend when she experienced a bout of diarrhea. She called her friend to cancel, but wanted to make a stop at the grocery store on the way home. “I decided while I was out to get some rolls. I had a potluck to go to,” Draper said. “While I was on my way that’s when the accident occurred.” Both Draper and a pedestrian were northbound on North La Cholla Boulevard at West Magee Road, said Deputy Tracy Suitt, spokesman for the Pima County Sheriff’s Department. The 43-year-old woman was jogging through the crosswalk when she was hit.