Akron police ask for help in pedestrian hit-skip crash

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — Akron police are asking the public for help to identify the driver who allegedly hit a pedestrian on Tuesday morning in the are...

January 2, 2023
10:24 PM

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — Akron police are asking the public for help to identify the driver who allegedly hit a pedestrian on Tuesday morning in the area of East Cuyahoga Falls Avenue southbound at North Main Street, then drove away. Police say it happened at around 7 a.m. when a 63-year-old man was crossing East Cuyahoga Falls Avenue southbound and was hit by an unknown vehicle, according to a press release from Akron police. There are no witnesses to the crash, officers say, but the call initially came in to check the welfare of a man lying on the road.

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