A 71-year-old woman suffered severe injuries, including bleeding from her head, when a blue Toyota struck her during her daily walk on the 600 block of Addison Way in Warrington Township on Monday morning. What first looked like a person who had simply fallen turned into a felony hit-and-run investigation once neighbors handed over home security footage, and by Tuesday a 60-year-old driver named Anwar Hussain was facing six criminal and traffic charges.
According to the 6abc Philadelphia report from reporter Briana Smith, the woman was out walking around 9 a.m. Monday when the Toyota reversed out of a driveway at high speed and struck her, throwing her about 6 to 8 feet in the air. Authorities initially believed they were responding to a report of a person who had fallen, but that changed once neighbors began sharing surveillance footage roughly 45 minutes after the scene had cleared.
Warrington Township Police Department incident records reviewed via the department's CrimeWatch page show emergency responders were actually dispatched at 9:01 a.m. Monday for a reported fall, before receiving neighbor information at 9:41 a.m. that reframed the case as a hit-and-run. That 40-minute gap proved decisive: first responders had already taken the victim to a trauma center by the time detectives realized what the video showed.
Video Shows Driver Checking on Victim, Then Driving Off
Per 6abc, surveillance videos revealed that the driver got out of his vehicle and looked at the injured woman before returning to his car and driving back up the driveway. A neighbor identified in the report as Priya said she called 911 and asked Hussain whether he had called for help; he told her to call 911 herself. Hussain then ran back to the scene holding his cell phone, but he later remained silent when questioned by police, per the outlet's account.
Priya told 6abc she felt furious and disgusted about the incident. Neighbor Kirtan Patel described the mood on the block as shock mixed with disbelief, calling the situation kind of negligence, and he said he hoped the victim would be back on her feet and walking within a couple of weeks.
Police Say Video Cracked the Case
Warrington Township Police Chief Daniel J. Friel told 6abc that the video did save investigators in the case, allowing officers to quickly identify the vehicle and track down the driver. Officers questioned residents including Hussain before locating the striking vehicle at his workplace in Philadelphia; according to Doylestown Patch, Hussain then voluntarily traveled to the Warrington Township police station to submit to an interview once police tracked him down.
Chief Friel said the crash did not appear intentional, adding that accidents happen but there are consequences when accidents are not reported. Police consider Hussain not a flight risk, and neighbors say they hope the victim will recover.
Warrington Township's police department operates a public camera registry through CrimeWatch that invites residents and business owners to register home security systems, a program that appears to have paid off directly in this investigation. The department is state-accredited and led by Chief Friel out of an 18,500-square-foot facility that opened in 2020, according to Warrington Township municipal records.
Charges, Bail, and What Comes Next
The Warrington Township Police Department arrest log shows Hussain was charged with third-degree felony hit-and-run involving personal injury, second-degree misdemeanor reckless endangerment, and four summary traffic violations, including reckless driving and failing to yield when emerging from a driveway. He was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Wertman, who set bail at $100,000 unsecured, allowing Hussain to remain out of custody while the case proceeds.
Under Pennsylvania Title 75 Section 3742, a driver convicted of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in serious bodily injury faces a third-degree felony carrying a mandatory minimum of 90 days in prison, a $1,000 fine, and up to seven years in state prison, according to the Pennsylvania General Assembly. PennDOT regulations separately mandate an automatic minimum one-year driver's license revocation upon conviction for leaving the scene of an injury crash under Section 1532 of the Vehicle Code, a civil sanction that applies independently of whatever the criminal court decides.
The woman was transported to Jefferson Abington Hospital, one of only two accredited Level II adult trauma centers in Montgomery County, a facility that treats more than 80,000 emergency patients annually according to Jefferson Health. Her condition has been described as critical, and her long-term prognosis has not been made public.
Bucks County has long carried a heavy share of the region's traffic danger; PennDOT statistics compiled in 2023 ranked it fourth among all Pennsylvania counties in overall crashes, with 8,270 motor vehicle accidents and 33 fatalities that year. Neighbors on Addison Way say they simply hope the woman recovers, even as the criminal case against Hussain moves forward.
