Pedestrian Killed In Rt. 1 Hit-And-Run In Bucks Co.

FALLS TOWNSHIP, PA — Police on Thursday were investigating an overnight hit-and-run in which a pedestrian was killed on Rt. 1 in Bucks County.

Falls Township Police officers were called at 1:11 a.m. to Rt. 1 near the Fairless Hills exit, where there was a report of a pedestrian being hit. Officers found a 34-year-old man dead at the scene.

Later, they found a 2006 BMW that is believed to be the car that hit him unoccupied on the other side of the exit. A K9 team searched the area, but found no one, police said.

On Thursday, Falls Township Police Chief Nelson Whitney said investigators believe the driver was picked up by another vehicle.

The highway was closed as police investigated until about 4:45 a.m.

The BMW has a New Jersey registration and is registered to a woman named Tierra Barber, from Trenton, police said. Officers went to her home Thursday morning but were not able to contact anyone there, Whitney said.

Police said the victim is from out of state and that they were working Thursday to locate and notify his family. Whitney thanked the Morrisville Borough Police Department and PennDOT for their help in the case.

Anyone with information in the case is asked to contact Detective Dennis O'Connell at 215-949-9100, Ext. 416.