The incident happened around 19:00 in Allegheny Avenue near B Street.
A 75-year-old woman crossing the street was hit by a maroon Honda Civic traveling west on Allegheny Avenue.
The driver was presumably a Spanish man who fled the scene.
Action News spoke to a man who says he was riding a Septa bus in Allegheny Avenue when the accident happened, and the bus suddenly came to a stop.
“One car tried to pass another and hit the pedestrian and hit her so hard that she overturned,” said David, a witness to the incident. “Flipped in the air, sneakers came off and everything. I was in the bus when it happened. The bus stopped and the driver called the police and everything.”
The woman, whose identity is still unknown, was taken to Temple University Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
One man suspected of being the driver has been arrested as officials are still gathering evidence at this stage.
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