PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police are searching for the driver of a car that hit a pedestrian who later died in Southwest Philadelphia.
Authorities say officers with the 12th District responded to the intersection of Island and Woodland Avenues just after 2 a.m.
According to police, when officers and medics arrived on scene, they found a 27-year-old man lying on Island Avenue with severe trauma to his body.
Chief Inspector Scott Small said that Medics pronounced him dead on the scene at 2:13 a.m.MORE LOCAL HEADLINESWitnesses told investigators the man was crossing Island Avenue when the driver of a Nissan struck him.