A pedestrian was killed in an early morning hit-and-run collision in northeast Edmonton on Wednesday.
Edmonton police said the 53-year old woman was hit just after 1 a.m. in the area of Fort Road near 131 Avenue, in front of the Century Casino.
Acting Sgt. Darren Sunley with the Edmonton Police Service said the woman was “crossing against the light outside of the crosswalk at that intersection.”
Several witnesses in the area came to the woman’s aid, as did a passing police officer. Sunley said the officer performed CPR until paramedics arrived and pronounced the woman dead.
Police are looking for a dark-coloured SUV that was seen driving south on Fort Road. Investigators have spoken with several witnesses and looked at the casino’s security camera footage, which Sunley said showed the collision happen.
“We have very limited information about the subject vehicle,” he said, adding it would have significant damage.
“It will have damage on the front bumper, grill. It would appear the front left headlight was broken out or went out as result of the collision. There should be damage as well to the hood and potentially to the windshield.
“The tail lights on the vehicle might be high-set. So the style that would be up along the top by the window instead of lower down like most other SUVs.”
After watching the surveillance video, Sunley said he estimates the vehicle was driving 50 to 60 km/h at the time.
Sunley believes there are more witnesses out there and urged anyone with information to come forward to police by calling 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone. Anonymous information can be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online.
The woman’s death is Edmonton’s fifth traffic fatality of 2017.
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