Woman killed in hit-and-run in Coachella

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A 56-year-old woman is dead after being struck by a pickup truck in Coachella early Wednesday morning.

The victim, a transient whose name has not been released, was struck and killed around 12:30 a.m. near Avenue 48 and Grapefruit Boulevard, reports KMIR.

A man driving a pickup truck hit the woman who was crossing the road, then the man fled, say the police.

Authorities arrived to find the woman was dead and are now looking for the driver.

Anyone with info should call the Coachella sheriff’s station at (760) 863-8990 or Valley Crime Stoppers at (760) 341-7867.

 

The incident is the 1oth fatality involving a pedestrian this year in the Coachella Valley, according to the Desert Sun – who notes in more than half of the accidents the pedestrian was not using a crosswalk.