Woman killed in Philly hit-and-run
Ana Moya-Jimenez was crossing J Street when she was struck around 9:55 p.m. by a vehicle traveling eastbound on Erie Avenue, police said.
A 39-year-old woman was killed Friday night when she was hit by a vehicle while she was crossing a street in Philadelphia’s Juniata Park section on foot, police said.
The vehicle then fled the scene, at J Street and Erie Avenue, according to police.
Ana Moya-Jimenez, who lived nearby on the 3800 block of J Street, was pronounced dead at the scene by medics at 10:02 p.m., police said.
The vehicle, described by police Saturday as a 2016 gray Ford Escape, was later found on the 5400 block of Akron Street in Frankford, police said. It was confiscated for further investigation and police have been in contact with the alleged driver at the time of the accident, described as a 21-year-old male.
Moya-Jimenez was crossing J Street when she was struck around 9:55 p.m. by a vehicle traveling eastbound on Erie, police said. The vehicle was last seen traveling southbound on the 3700 block of K Street, police said.