ABQ pedestrian killed in hit-and-run crash late Wednesday
Jun. 24—ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian late Wednesday in Southeast Albuquerque.
Officers were called to the scene at Louisiana and Trumbull around 10 p.m.
"During the investigation it was learned a pedestrian was struck by a motor vehicle in the intersection," Albuquerque police said in a news release. "The vehicle left the scene of the crash, southbound on Louisiana."
The pedestrian — who was not identified by police — suffered "significant head trauma and a broken leg" and was taken to University of New Mexico Hospital, where the person died.
A witness gave officers a description of the vehicle that fled, and the investigation is ongoing.
No other details were released.
