Police looking for driver after man dies, several cars struck in East Germantown hit-and-run
EAST GERMANTOWN - A man is dead after police say a driver left several extremely damaged cars in their wake as they fled the scene Sunday morning.
At least four cars were involved in the crash that happened around 4 a.m. on East Chelten and Ardleigh streets.
Police say a possible utility vehicle was speeding when it collided with parked vehicles, and one passing vehicle. The driver then reportedly fled on foot.
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A 51-year-old man was reportedly pronounced dead on the scene after being ejected. Further details about the victim were not released.
Nasir Johnson said he was playing video games when it happened and he heard it through his headset.
"It sounded like a real bad car crash," Johnson said. "Like boom, I heard it. I had headphones on, you know, you’re playing a game, so I heard it through my headphones and I was like dang."
Several neighbors who didn’t want to go on camera told FOX 29 they now have to get new vehicles. All of them totaled, some of them mangled and bent.
This fatal wreck is about a mile away from where a 32-year-old woman was crushed between two ambulances on West Chelten Ave. The drivers remained on the scene in that wreck.
Police are now looking for the driver of the truck as they investigate the fatal crash.