Driver sought in deadly overnight hit-and-run in Philadelphia: police
Woman killed crossing busy Philly street; driver sought
A hit-and-run left a woman dead on a Philadelphia street, while police search for the vehicle and the driver.
MAYFAIR - Philadelphia police are once again searching for a hit-and-run driver who killed a woman crossing Cottman Avenue Thursday night, repeating a grisly pattern in the city of Philadelphia.
What we know:
A woman is dead after investigators say she was struck by a car overnight in Philadelphia.
Chief Inspector Scott Small told reporters that the deadly crash happened just before midnight at the intersection of Cottman Avenue and Brous Street.
Officers discovered a woman in her 40s unresponsive and suffering from severe head and torso injuries, according to investigators.
Driver sought in deadly overnight hit-and-run in Philadelphia: police
Authorities are searching for a hit-and-run driver who they say fatally struck a woman overnight in Philadelphia.
What they're saying:
Traffic moved briskly along the 2800 block of Cottman Avenue Friday as it nearly always does on this busy stretch of Northeast Philly roadway, the scene of that fatal hit-and-run late Thursday night.
Fred Pacelli said he arrived on the scene riding in a tow truck driven by a friend. He told FOX 29, "We saw a lady lying in the street back here near the driveway. There was a gentleman standing over her. There was no car in the area to be seen."
No car because Philadelphia police say the unnamed woman, in her 40’s, was struck by a hit-and-run driver who left her in the street to die, likely striking her with force.
Chief Inspector Scott Small of the Philadelphia Police said, "The distance between where we found the sneaker and where we actually found the female lying in the street is a distance of about 200 feet, so there is a possibility speed was a factor."
Dig deeper:
The hit-and-run death, another in a repeated pattern of fatalities in the city stretching back several years, prompts painful memories for John Ehmann. Struck while crossing Cottman early in the year, not far from last night’s fatality, he thinks he knows why there’s so much mayhem. He said, "Know what it is some of the driving around here is crazy. People have their own lights. Everyone has a green light."
Police report it was a dark-colored SUV traveling eastbound on Cottman which struck the victim, dragging her and racing off. Investigators have scoured for video of the striking vehicle while fearful pedestrians move with caution.