A woman was found dead in a dirt field after police believe she was struck in a hit-and-run crash early Sunday, Jan. 19, in Menifee. Officers responded to a welfare check just before 7 a.m. and found a woman laying in a dirt field near McCall Boulevard and Aspel Road, east of the 215 Freeway, according to the Menifee Police Department. The woman’s injuries showed that she had been hit by a vehicle, and officials pronounced her dead at the scene. Investigators believe the woman was in the westbound lanes of McCall, when a vehicle that was traveling in the same direction hit her and fled. Information on the victim, including her identity, was not immediately available. Police are trying to identify and locate the vehicle that hit the woman. They ask anyone with information to call investigators at 951-746-8829 or 951-723-1500. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Man on electric scooter killed in crash with vehicle in Riverside Crime and Public Safety | Woman, 26, killed in suspected DUI collision in Perris Crime and Public Safety | Woman killed in 3-car crash in Riverside; DUI suspect arrested Crime and Public Safety | State, 2 CHP officers sued after Beaumont man dies after crash and encounter with officers in LA Crime and Public Safety | Owner of Van Nuys comic book store dies after he was trapped under SUV at Westfield Topanga mall