PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Philadelphia police said a woman was struck and killed by a speeding car while walking to work with colleagues in University City on Thursday morning. The driver fled the scene.
It happened around 4:20 a.m. at 33rd and Market streets, on Drexel University’s campus. Chief Inspector Scott Small said the woman was trying to cross Market Street when a driver hit her, knocking her out of her shoes.
“[The car] almost struck several other coworkers that this 48-year-old victim was walking with,” he said.
The victim, 48-year-old Meaza Brown, of South Philadelphia, was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. It’s not immediately clear where she worked, but police said it was only blocks away.
Police said the car, a silver Chrysler 300, was last seen heading toward 30th Street Station on Market Street. Surveillance cameras captured the license plate.
Market Street was blocked off between 32nd and 33rd streets as police investigated.