Crime & Safety

Woman Killed In Germantown Hit-And-Run Crash: Reports

The incident occurred at about 11:50 p.m. Thursday on the 5400 block of Greene Street in the Germantown section of Philadelphia.

A woman was killed Thursday night in Germantown.
A woman was killed Thursday night in Germantown. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)

PHILADELPHIA — Police in Philadelphia are looking for the driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a woman Thursday night in Germantown.

According to Fox 29, the incident occurred at about 11:50 p.m. on the 5400 block of Greene Street in Germantown.

Authorities said a Chevy SUV going north on Greene crossed over into oncoming traffic, jumped the curb, smashed into a utility pole, then continued on the sidewalk where it struck a woman, Action News reports.

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Four people got out of the vehicle after it drove about 50 more feet and left the vehicle abandoned, according to NBC10.

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