Police ID victim, seek suspect after deadly Lubbock hit-and-run crash
Police on Tuesday were searching for the driver who fled from the scene of a deadly crash overnight in central Lubbock.
The Lubbock Police Department’s Major Crash Unit is investigating the crash involving a pedestrian after officers were initially dispatched to a traffic crash with injuries that occurred at 1:12 a.m. Tuesday in the 2100 block of Marsha Sharp Freeway, which left one man dead.
Through the initial course of the investigation, it appears 33-year-old Jamil Wilson was attempting to cross the eastbound lanes of the 2100 block of Marsha Sharp Freeway when he was struck by a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle fled the scene and failed to render aid to Wilson.
EMS located and pronounced Wilson deceased on the scene.
Police by late Tuesday did not initially have a description of the vehicle as the investigation is ongoing.
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Police ID victim, seek suspect after deadly Lubbock hit-and-run crash
