Philadelphia Police Searching For Driver Involved In Wrong-Way Hit-And-Run That Killed Temple University Student

Alecia Reid reports.

FANATIC LOOK AND WHAT IT SAYSABOUT THE TEAM.BUT FIRST AT 4:00 WE NOWKNOW IDENTITY OF THE TEMPLEUNIVERSITY STUDENT KILLED INTHE HIT AND RUN IN NORTHPHILADELPHIA LAST NIGHT.MEANTIME HUNT'S ON FOR DRIVERWHO WAS GOING THE WRONG WAY,WHEN THE STUDENT WAS KILL.ALYCIA REID'S IN NORTHPHILADELPHIA WITH THE STORETHINK EVENING, ALYCIA.REPORTER: PART-TIME TEMPLEUNIVERSITY STUDENT WASBLOCKS AWAY FROM HIS HOME WHENHE WAS TRAGICALLY MODE DOWN BYTHAT HIT AND RUN DRIVER.NOW IT ISN'T CLEAR HOW LONGTHAT DRIVER WAS DRIVING, INTHE WRONG DIRECTION, DOWNEIGHTH STREET, BUT BY THE TIMEHE GOT TO THE CECIL B.

MOOREAVENUE INTERSECTION, HE WASCROSSING THE STREET.THE IMPACT, KNOCKED HIM OUT OFHIS SHOES AND DOWN THE BLOCK.THERE WAS A PASSENGER IN THEVEHICLE AND POLICE ARE LOOKINGFOR THE DRIVER, AND THEPASSENGER OF THAT VEHICLE WHOSPED AWAY FROM WHAT WAS LIKELYA CRIME IN PROGRESS.TODAY ON CAMPUS WE HAVELEARNED NEW DETAIL ABOUT THEVICTIM, AND HE IS A FOURTHYEAR TEMPLE STUDENT WITH ADOUBLE MAJOR IN POLITICALSCIENCE AND ECONOMICS.HE WAS ATTENDING SCHOOLPART-TIME WHILE LIVING OFFCAMPUS.THE 27 YEAR-OLD MAY NOT HAVESEEN THE DARK GRAY HYUNDAIRACING TOWARD HIM LAST NIGHT,BECAUSE HE WAS COMING IN THEOPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THEUSUAL FLOW OF TRAFFIC.THE IMPACT WAS FATAL.HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THESCENE.NEIGHBORS AND FELLOW STUDENTSARE APPALLED, THAT THE DRIVERKEPT GOING.AS FAR AS ANYBODY TO BE HITTHAT HARD, TO RUN OFF ANDLEAVE A PERSON, YOU KNOW, JUSTNO CONSIDERATION.IT IS TERRIBLE.YOUNG LIFE THAT DIDN'T NEED TOBE, YOU KNOW, CUT DOWN SOSHORT JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODYWAS RECKLESS.REPORTER: TEMPLE UNIVERSITYDID ALERT STUDENTS TODAY ABOUTTHE TRAGEDY.THEY ARE OFFERING COUNSELINGSERVICES, TO STUDENTS, THATMAY NEED IT.UKEE?WELL, ALYCIA IT IS NATASHA.NOW THAT POLICE HAVE THE CARIN CUSTODY ANY WORD ON THEDRIVER AT THIS POINT JUST YET.REPORTER: WELL, AUTHORITIESDID CONFIRM THAT THAT GRAYHYUNDAI THAT THEY FUND ABOUTTHREE BLOCKS AWAY FROM THESCENE IS THE SAME CAR THAT WASINVOLVED IN THIS CRASH, NOWTHEY ARE NOT SURE IF THEDRIVER THAT THE CARRIESREGISTERED TO WAS THE PERSONDRIVING, BUT THEY DO SAY IT ISJUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORETHEY FINE OUT WHO WAS BEHINDTHAT WHEEL.IN THE MEANTIME THEY AREASKING ANYONE WITH ANYINFORMATION, TO GIVE THEM ACALL.REPORTING LIVE FROM NORTHPHILADELPHIA, ALYCIA REID FORCBS-3 "EYEWITNESS NEWS".