Police search for hit-and-run driver who struck man in Fresno restaurant parking lot

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Police are investigating after a man was hospitalized following a suspected hit-and-run crash in a northeast Fresno restaurant parking lot.

Officers responded to the Applebee's on Fresno Street and Friant Avenue around 10:30 pm on Tuesday.

They found a man in his 40s with injuries to his head and body.

The victim was taken to a hospital and is expected to recover.

A parked car that appeared to have been hit by another vehicle was also found in the parking lot.

Investigators say they're now searching for the driver of a silver Audi who left the scene after the crash.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.