PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A woman is dead after she was struck and killed by a driver in West Philadelphia Friday evening.
Police say the 77-year-old was on 54th Street and Lancaster Avenue around 5:30 p.m. when a person in a black Infiniti with a paper, Delaware tag hit her.
The driver then reversed down Lancaster Avenue, headed south then dropped a passenger off at a pizza shop near 56th Street and Girard Avenue.
The woman was taken to a nearby hospital, where she died about 20 minutes later.
Police say the car has front-end damage.
Anyone with information on this crash is urged to contact the Crash Investigation Division at 215-685-3180 or call 911.