AKRON, Ohio — Authorities are working to identify and locate the driver of a truck that was involved in a Friday night incident on Route 8 in Akron.
The Akron Police Department says it was around 10:30 p.m. Friday night when the driver of a white truck “stopped momentarily, but left the scene” after striking a woman on Route 8 South near the East Buchtel Avenue exit. No further description of the vehicle or driver was available.
The woman, 26, was taken to an Akron hospital where she was later pronounced dead. Her name has not yet been released.
“The victim’s mother told officers that her daughter, who was the passenger in the car, was acting erratically while she was attempting to drive her home prior to the accident,” police said in a press release. “At some point, she slowed or stopped the car on the highway and the victim got out. After exiting the car, the victim stepped into the path of a moving vehicle and was fatally injured.”
The incident remains under investigation. Anybody with information is asked to call the Akron Police Department Detective Bureau at 330-375-2490 or 330-375-2Tip. Tipsters can remain anonymous.
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