UPDATE: 04/25/2023 at 5:07 p.m.
Detectives are continuing to seek the public’s help to locate the driver and vehicle involved in this fatal hit and run.
Based on surveillance video, the vehicle that struck the pedestrian was a light-colored – possibly silver, gray, or white – 2011-2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee, with damage likely to the hood, grille, and front bumper near the passenger-side headlight.
If you have any information about this incident or this vehicle, please contact the Traffic Collisions Investigations Squad at 206-684-8923.
Update 11/9: Detectives have obtained surveillance images of the vehicle in this incident and are seeking the public’s help locating the driver.
Surveillance video showed the vehicle that struck the pedestrian was a light-colored–possibly silver, gray, or white–2011-2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The vehicle made an immediate right turn from northbound Rainier Av. S onto eastbound S Walden St. The vehicle will likely have damage to the hood, grille, and front bumper near the passenger-side headlight.
If you have any information about this incident or this vehicle, please contact the Traffic Collisions Investigations Squad at 206-684-8923.
Original Post, 10/24/2022:
Woman Killed in Hit and Run Collision in South Seattle
Traffic Collision detectives are investigating a fatal hit and run collision in South Seattle after a motorist struck and killed a pedestrian Friday evening.
Around 7:15 PM, police were called to Rainier Avenue South and South Walden Street after an injured 66-year-old woman was found in the roadway.
Police believe a driver in a dark-colored sedan struck the woman in the northbound lanes of Rainier and fled the scene.
If you have any information about this incident, please contact investigators at (206) 684-8923.