PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Police say that a 78-year-old woman was killed Wednesday afternoon by a hit-and-run driver who stole an SUV and also struck five other vehicles in West Philadelphia.
The collision happened at about 12:30 p.m. on Fairmount Avenue near 37th Street in Mantua.
Police say the woman was sitting in her SUV when the stolen Jeep Grand Cherokee struck the vehicle on the driver’s side. Rescue crews took her to a hospital, where she died.
Surveillance footage below, obtained by news partner NBC10, shows the Jeep sideswiping two parked vehicles while traveling eastbound, then rolling over in the middle of Fairmount Avenue.
VIDEO WARNING: Graphic content
Authorities say the driver in the Jeep escaped the scene, but officers recovered the vehicle.
There is no initial word on the identity of the suspect.
Related
