Police find SUV in deadly Kensington hit-run
Police have found the SUV that was involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash Wednesday night in Philadelphia's Kensington section. The victim, identified Thursday as 36-year-old Thomas Dunbar, was riding a scooter shortly before 9:30 p.m. at Aramingo and Lehigh Avenues when he was struck by Pontiac Aztek with New York tags that was turning right onto westbound Lehigh from Aramingo, said Chief Inspector Scott Small.
Police have found the SUV that was involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash Wednesday night in Philadelphia's Kensington section.
The victim, identified Thursday as 36-year-old Thomas Dunbar, was riding a scooter shortly before 9:30 p.m. at Aramingo and Lehigh Avenues when he was struck by Pontiac Aztek with New York tags that was turning right onto westbound Lehigh from Aramingo, said Chief Inspector Scott Small.
The scooter operator was dragged about 200 feet under the Pontiac, which left the scene without stopping, Small said.
Medics took Dunbar, of the 2900 block of Almond Street, to Hahnemann University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:55 p.m.
Witnesses tried to stop the fleeing vehicle, but the driver still left the scene, police said.
At about 11:50 p.m. Wednesday, police found the SUV with front fender damage about a mile away at East Madison and Cedar streets in Port Richmond, Small reported later.
Investigators are still looking for the driver.