PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Police are searching for a driver who struck and killed a man in northeast Philadelphia and then fled the scene, abandoning the car nearby.
Officials said the 51-year-old pedestrian was crossing the street in the Rhawnhurst neighborhood shortly after 1:30 a.m. Sunday when he was hit by the northbound car.
Police said he was taken to Aria Health’s Torresdale hospital with severe head and chest trauma and pronounced dead shortly after 4 a.m. Sunday. His name wasn’t immediately released.
Police said the driver fled the scene and abandoned the car about two blocks away, fleeing on foot.
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