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Sep 18th, 2012 - Local News

A missing woman from Sparta was located after she turned up at the hospital...a victim of a hit and run incident.

The family of Estella Vitins, voiced concern after she didn't return home. She suffers from early dementia and could have been lost. Around 2 this morning police in Ottawa County received a call saying a person had been hit along I-96 in Crockery Township. Vitins appeared to be walking back to her vehicle when she was hit by a gray Jaguar. The driver took off and police are looking for the vehicle that has damage to the passenger side and is missing a side mirror.

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