What to Know
- A man using a cane after getting ice cream was struck and killed in Levittown, Bucks County, Tuesday night.
- The driver fled the scene in what police believe is a dark-colored four-door sedan with front-end damage.
- Falls Township police asked the pubic to help track down the hit-and-run driver.
A hit-and-run driver struck and killed a man crossing the street after getting ice cream in Bucks County.
Emmanuel Weintraub, 70, was using a cane to cross New Falls Road near Amelia Drive in the crosswalk as heavy rain fell in Levittown, Pennsylvania, just after 9 p.m. Tuesday. As he was walking, a dark blue or black four-door sedan that went around a stopped car slammed into him, Falls Township police said.
The driver kept going, leaving Weintraub for dead, police said. The victim’s cane and shoes were left behind.
Weintraub, a retired postal worker, was a regular customer at JoJo’s Ice Cream & Water Ice, the ice cream shop said on Facebook. A fundraising event had just wrapped up at ice cream shop before the man was struck but he wasn't part of that event.
Investigators hoped that surveillance video could help lead them to the driver, LevittownNow.com reported.
Grainy surveillance images show the striking vehicle that police said is missing its right front hubcap and has windshield/front end damage.
Anyone with information should contact Falls Township police Officer Stephanie Metterle at 215-949-9100 x 440 or call police dispatch at 215-945-3100 if you think you spotted the car.
