The incident took place at around 7:00 PM on Allegheny Avenue near B Street.
A 75-year-old woman crossed the street and was hit by a maroon Honda Civic traveling west on Allegheny Avenue, officials say.
The driver was probably a Spanish man who had fled the scene.
Action News spoke to a man who said he was driving a Septa bus down Allegheny Avenue when the crash occurred, and the bus came to a sudden stop.
“One car tried to pass another and hit the pedestrian and hit her, so hard it overturned,” said David, a witness to the incident. Clapped in the air, sneakers went off and all. I was on the bus when that happened. The bus stopped and the driver called the police and everything. ‘
The woman, whose identity remains unknown, was taken to Temple University Hospital where she was pronounced dead, officials say.
A man believed to be the driver has been taken into custody as officials continue to collect evidence at this point.
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