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Police Seek Black Infiniti in Deadly Overbrook Hit-and-Run

Police urge tips to locate a black Infiniti bearing a Delaware paper tag with visible front-end damage.

Overview

  • A 77-year-old woman was struck around 5:20 p.m. Friday at North 54th Street and Lancaster Avenue in West Philadelphia.
  • Medics took the victim to Lankenau Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 5:52 p.m.
  • Investigators say the eastbound Infiniti hit the pedestrian, reversed on Lancaster Avenue, then fled south from the scene.
  • Police report the driver dropped off a female passenger at a pizza shop near North 56th Street and West Girard Avenue.
  • The Crash Investigation Division asks anyone with information to call 215-685-3180 or 911, and no arrests have been reported.