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Elderly Pedestrian Killed in Hit-and-Run on Morelia's Libramiento Norte Viaduct

A legal necropsy is underway under the state prosecutor's office.

Overview

  • The crash occurred Saturday night on a lane of the viaduct heading from the Salida a Salamanca interchange toward Estadio Morelos.
  • Motorists alerted authorities after seeing the man lying in the roadway, and municipal patrol officers and paramedics confirmed his death and secured the area.
  • The striking vehicle fled the scene and its characteristics have not been identified.
  • Officials notified the Fiscalía General del Estado, and specialists from the Unidad de Atención Inmediata assumed the investigation and transferred the body to the morgue.
  • Police reported the deceased was apparently living on the street and remains unidentified, with an estimated age of 60 to 65 and injuries consistent with multiple fractures.