Woman killed by hit-and-run driver on Lodge Freeway in Detroit

A driver fled the scene after hitting and killing a woman early Friday on the Lodge Freeway in Detroit.

According to Michigan State Police, calls first received were about a pedestrian walking along the southbound side of the freeway near Clairmount around 2:30 a.m. Shortly after, they were notified that a person had been hit.

Troopers arrived to find multiple vehicles stopped along the freeway, and a group of people surrounding a woman who was severely injured. That victim, who has not been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Just after 9 a.m., police said the driver was found and is in custody.

The Source: This information is from Michigan State Police. 

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