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. Authorities have found the car, but are still looking for the driver.
It happened around 4:30 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. Sources told KYW Newsradio Thursday evening that Brown was a housekeeping employee at Penn.
"This is deeply sad, and we are supportive of her family and colleagues as they try to manage through this tragic event," read a statement from the university.
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.
Investigators later found the car at 34th and Race streets, but no arrest has been made.
