KYLIE. GOOD MORNING. OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE SAY THAT HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE OFF OF SOUTHWEST 59TH IN MAY, EARLY THIS MORNING, WHERE AS YOU CAN SEE NOW THAT SCENE HAS SINCE BEEN CLEARED. OFFICERS SAY THIS IS WHERE A WOMAN WAS WALKING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND WAS STRUCK BY A PICKUP TRUCK WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, THEY FOUND A FEMALE LYING IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF MAY. THE LATER FOUND A BLACK CHEVY SILVERADO THAT WAS ABANDONED IN THE 6000 BLOCK OF SOUTH MAY. THAT APPEARS TO BE THE VEHICLE THAT HIT THE FEMALE, THE DRIVER OF THAT PICKUP THEN SPED DOWN TO THE CORNER OF MAY IN SOUTHWEST 59TH, WHERE POLICE SAY THEY GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND RAN AWAY. OFFICERS FOUND THAT TRUCK AND STARTED LOOKING FOR THE SUSPECT. OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE ARE NOW TELLING US THAT THE SUSPECT IN THIS HAS NOW BEEN CAUGHT AND ARRESTED I
Suspect arrested after deadly hit-and-run collision in southwest Oklahoma City, police say
Police have not released information about the victim or suspect
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Updated: 9:12 AM CDT Aug 3, 2023
Police arrested a driver following a deadly hit-and-run early Thursday morning in southwest Oklahoma City.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.Around 2:30 a.m., a woman was walking in the middle of May Avenue near Southwest 59th Street when a pickup truck struck her."That female was transported to a local hospital where, unfortunately, she died from her injuries from the accident," Lt. Jeff Cooper, with the Oklahoma City Police Department, said.>> Download the KOCO 5 AppThe driver then sped down the corner of May Avenue and Southwest 59th Street, where they got out of the truck and ran away. Officers spotted the truck and eventually found the suspect and took them into custody.Police have not released information about the victim or suspect.Top HeadlinesVideo: Real estate agent fined after being caught chugging milk from seller's fridge‘Reservation Dogs,’ which was filmed in Oklahoma, returns for third, final seasonEdmond woman warns shoppers to keep heads on swivel after incident at TargetLawsuit against Oklahoma Catholic school alleges unsafe learning environment
OKLAHOMA CITY — Police arrested a driver following a deadly hit-and-run early Thursday morning in southwest Oklahoma City.
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Around 2:30 a.m., a woman was walking in the middle of May Avenue near Southwest 59th Street when a pickup truck struck her.
"That female was transported to a local hospital where, unfortunately, she died from her injuries from the accident," Lt. Jeff Cooper, with the Oklahoma City Police Department, said.
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The driver then sped down the corner of May Avenue and Southwest 59th Street, where they got out of the truck and ran away. Officers spotted the truck and eventually found the suspect and took them into custody.
Police have not released information about the victim or suspect.
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