AUSTIN (Talk1370.com) -- Austin Police are investigating after a person was struck and killed while pushing a shopping cart along State Highway 45 in northwest Austin early Tuesday morning.
Police say they were called to the scene in the eastbound lanes of SH 45 near Parmer Lane around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. The victim, who police said appeared to be homeless, was pronounced deceased a short time later.
The driver of the car, which police said was a Lexus sedan, fled the scene on foot. "Some other cars" also hit the victim, police said, but those drivers stayed on the scene and are cooperating with the investigation.
APD says their vehicular homicide division is leading the investigation into the crash. Traffic delays are expected in the area as an investigation continues.