Woman killed in hit-and-run

The Half-Way Tree Police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run accident along Washington Boulevard in St Andrew this morning.

She has been identified as 49-year-old Philantra Hay of Titcairn Valley, Red Hills, St Andrew.

It is reported that about 6:28 a.m., Hay was walking along the roadway when she was hit by a motor vehicle that sped away.

The police were contacted, and she was assisted to hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Anyone with information is being asked to contact the Half-Way-Tree Police at 876-926-8184, 119 police emergency number or the nearest police station.

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