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Southampton Teen Remains Hospitalized Following Hit-And-Run Accident

Police are still searching for a light colored sedan, following a hit-and-run accident involving 16-year-old pedestrian and Southampton resident Lea Foehl on Maple Avenue Monday evening.

Police are continuing their investigation of a t that sent a William Tennent High School student to the hospital.
 
Police and friends of the victim said shortly before 10 p.m., 16-year-old Lea Foehl was struck by a light colored sedan near her home on Maple Avenue near Stahl Road. 
 
According to witnesses, the teenager, was conscious and responding to EMTs commands before she was transported by the Tri-Hampton Rescue Squad to St. Mary's Hospital.

Police have not disclosed the extend of Foehl's injuries and the hospital reports she remains in the intensive care unit at the hospital.

Detective Craig Rudisill said Tuesday morning, police are still looking for the striking vehicle. Last night police said the striking car is believed to be a silver or gold colored four-door sedan.

 "By the skid marks left at the scene, it does appear the vehicle attempted to stop," said Rudisill. 

 He added that investigators spoke with the victim and her boyfriend, but could not say whether the two provided investigators with any new leads.
 
The vehicle was traveling on Maple Avenue toward Second Street Pike when it struck Foehl, police confirmed last night.

 A resident who lives in the area of the accident, Lisa Cooper, described hearing a loud thump from her bedroom. 

 "I looked out the window and I saw her lying in the street," Cooper said.
 
Cooper told Patch the victim's mother ran to aid her injured daughter, who was with her boyfriend and another couple, and told her not to move until EMTs arrived. 
 
Investigators spoke with another neighbor who is said to have witnessed the accident as he was taking trash out to the curb.

 Police drove around the surrounding neighborhoods last night to search for the striking car, but the vehicle was not found. 

In recent years Maple Avenue has been the scene of two other serious hit-and-run accidents.

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On December 19, 2004 13-year-old Klinger Middle School student James Bussinger was struck by a truck. He survived, but suffered serious brain damage. In November 2008, 15-year-old Chelsea Lynn Lancieri was struck and killed about a block and a half from last nights incident.

Following these two incidents, officials lowered the speed limit on Maple Avenue to 30 mph and added a stop sign at the intersection of Harding Road.
 
Police are asking anyone with information on Monday night's incident to call them at 215-364-5000.

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