PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Philadelphia police are investigating a suspected hit-and-run crash overnight in Port Richmond that killed a South Jersey man.
Shortly before 1 a.m. Thursday on North Delaware Avenue, near Lewis Street, officers found a man lying on the road with severe head injuries.
Medics pronounced the victim — 23-year-old Brendan Casuscelli, of Cherry Hill — dead at the scene.
Investigators found tire marks on the road near the victim and believe he was hit by a vehicle that fled the scene.
Police are searching for any witnesses who may have seen the crash.
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