India, Feb. 28 -- US police officials have arrested a man who hit Indian student Neelam Shinde with his car in San Francisco, California and then fled the scene, leaving her behind, reported NDTV.

The Sacramento police department said that the 58-year-old accused, Lawrence Gallows, had been arrested after his vehicle crashed into Shinde on February 14 on Fair Oaks Boulevard. The police "worked around the clock" to identify and locate the man.

The incident was reported to the police just before 7 pm but when they reached the man had fled and Shinde was on the ground with serious injuries.

Neelam Shinde, who hails from Satara in Maharashtra, is a post-graduate student at the California State University. The young student was hit from beh...