By Associated Press - Thursday, December 29, 2016

WASHINGTON (AP) - District of Columbia police have released video of a sport-utility vehicle whose driver is believed to have struck and killed a deaf woman who was crossing a street.

Fifty-four-year-old Jacqueline Cole was struck early Tuesday morning in a marked crosswalk in northwest Washington. Police say the vehicle that hit her did not stop. Cole died at a hospital. She was deaf and used American Sign Language.

Police released surveillance videos on Thursday of the vehicle that’s believed to have been involved in the collision.



The police department’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Liaison Unit is assisting with the investigation.

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