COLUMBUS, OH – A 55-year-old man has succumbed to injuries suffered in a pedestrian crash early Wednesday in northeast Columbus, according to FOX 28.
The fatal incident took place near East 5th and Peters Avenue, prompting an emergency response shortly after 1:00 a.m.
Details remain limited, but officials said the victim was struck and fatally injured by a car. Witnesses said the driver got out of the striking vehicle and fled the scene on foot.
Responding officers recovered the vehicle on a stretch of East 5th Avenue a little east of Interstate 71. Investigators learned that it had been reported stolen out of Obetz on September 10.
An investigation and search for the fleeing driver remain ongoing.
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