MAPLEWOOD, Minn. — Maplewood police are asking for help identifying a fatal hit-and-run driver in a crash Saturday night that left a pedestrian dead.
Police and emergency squads were called to the crash around 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Lakewood Drive North and Beaver Creek Parkway.
Officers found the victim in the road. The person was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say the driver who struck the person fled the scene. Officers say that person's vehicle likely has heavy front-end damage.
A witness reported the male driver of a second vehicle may have witnessed the incident but he left the scene. The witness vehicle was described as a black sedan.
Maplewood Police are asking for help in locating both the striking vehicle as well as the reported witness.
Investigators ask anyone with any information on this fatal accident to call Sgt. Joe Steiner at 651-249-2608 or email him at Joe.Steiner@maplewoodmn.gov.
No further information has been released.
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