Hit-run outside Phils’ NL title game turns fatal

A South Philadelphia man died last night from extensive injuries sustained in a hit-run accident at the sports complex during the game in which Phillies won the National League pennant, according to police.

Roughly between 10:30 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. on Oct. 21, Nicholas Medora, 42, was run over in the Jetro parking lot on South Darien Street, across from Lincoln Financial Field.

A witness said he saw a fight break out among a group of men who were drinking toward the rear of the lot, closer to I-95 than Pattison Avenue, according to Officer O'Neill, of the Accident Investigation Division. Several men then got into a white SUV, possibly a Chevrolet Suburban, which was backing up when it struck Medora, the witness said.

Of the driver, O'Neill said, "He takes off, and he leaves the parking lot."

The Suburban may have had New Jersey license plates, he said.

Medora suffered broken ribs on both sides of his body, as well as a broken right arm and right collarbone, and remained at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital after the accident, O'Neill said.

Although conscious enough to speak with O'Neill early in the investigation, Medora recently went into a coma and was pronounced dead at 10:59 last night.

Whether Medora knew any of the men who reportedly got into the SUV is unclear, O'Neill said.

Also uncertain is whether Medora, was standing or on the ground at the time of the accident, he said.

Medora lived in the 5700 block of Randolph Street in South Philadelphia.

Because he had been watching the game on an iPhone, the witness knew the accident happened during the eighth inning of the Phillies' 10-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers, O'Neill said.

Anyone with information about this case should call the Accident Investigation Division at 215-685-3180 or 3181.