An early morning collision between a driver and a pedestrian sent the latter to the hospital — and the former fleeing from the San Francisco intersection where the crash occurred.

According to the San Francisco Police Department, it was 1:30 a.m. when a 58-year-old man attempted to cross at the intersection of Sutter and Larkin Streets.

That's when, police say, the driver of a black Mercedes struck the victim, leaving him with "head injuries and pain to nose and mouth."

That intersection, as you can see above, is regulated by a four-way traffic signal. Citing the ongoing investigation, police did not provide information on which party was crossing on the signal, or if the motorist was turning when they struck the victim.

According to SFPD spokesperson Officer Carlos Manfredi, "the most important thing a driver can do" following a crash is "remain on the scene...by failing to do that, you turn a collision into a hit-and-run." And that's what happened here, as police say that the driver in this case fled the scene, and remains at large as of publication time.

The victim, police say, suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the crash. He was transported to San Francsico General Hospital, where he remains as of Wednesday morning.