Overview
- A small SUV ran a red light at Broad Street and Oregon Avenue, struck a 72-year-old woman who was crossing, and then fled the scene.
- Police said the impact threw the victim nearly 100 feet and she was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
- Crash investigators found headlight fragments at the scene and a partial plate showing the letters "MLK" that helped identify the vehicle.
- Officials said they recovered a suspected SUV in Northeast Philadelphia and have shifted the probe from crash reconstruction to determining who was behind the wheel.
- Investigators are carrying out forensic examinations, reviewing surveillance footage and interviewing witnesses while no arrests or named suspects have been announced.