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Centre Daily Times
Hit-and-run investigation underway after person found dead along I-80 in Snow Shoe
One person died along Interstate 80 in Snow Shoe Township on Friday night in what state police at Rockview are investigating as a pedestrian hit-and-run crash. Emergency crews were called to exit 158 of I-80 westbound at about 9:30 p.m. Friday for a report of a body along the roadway, Snow Shoe Fire Company posted on Facebook. The highway was closed into early Saturday morning. Early Saturday afternoon, state police at Rockview spokesperson Jacob Rhymestine wrote in an email to the Centre Daily Times that it’s believed the person was out of their vehicle along I-80 when they were struck by a vehicle or vehicles and killed. “Currently this is a hit and run fatal investigation,” he wrote, adding that anyone with information is asked to contact state police at Rockview at 814-355-7545. In a Sunday evening press release, state police at Rockview wrote that the investigation determined that the pedestrian, who was not identified, was initially struck by an unknown vehicle and then struck by additional vehicles. All vehicles involved left the scene, police said. This story was updated at 6:40 p.m. Sunday with information from a state police at Rockview news release.
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