SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – A woman died Thursday morning after police said she was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in the Logan Heights area.
According to San Diego Police, the deadly collision happened at around 3 a.m. in the 2800 block of National Avenue, at 28th Street.
Police said the 49-year-old woman was crossing eastbound on National Avenue — in the crosswalk — to meet her boyfriend when a vehicle believed to be a pickup truck hit her.
The vehicle continued southbound on 28th Street, police said.
Emergency responders rushed the unidentified woman to UC San Diego Medical Center, but she died after arrival.
ABC 10News learned police tracked down the vehicle suspected in the incident later in the morning.
The San Diego Police Traffic Division said the truck was found near General Dynamics and impounded for evidence.
Police made contact with the driver, but made the decision not to take the driver into custody Thursday morning.
