One driver stopped after striking a person along a Southwest Philadelphia street overnight, the other didn't and left the man to die in the street, Philadelphia police said.
The deadly hit-and-run took place around 2 a.m. Tuesday along Island Avenue, near Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said.
A man in his 20s was crossing Island Avenue when a southbound driver who was driving a 2020 Nissan along Cobbs Creek Parkway struck him, causing the man to go into the opposite lanes where a northbound driver on Island Avenue struck him, Small said.
The man -- who last resided outside the city -- suffered severe head trauma and died a short time later, Small said.
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The Nissan driver stopped, wasn't injured and cooperated with the investigation, the northbound driver fled the scene in what investigators described as dark-colored sedan, police said.
Investigators hoped that surveillance video in the area would help them track down the hit-and-run driver, Small said.
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