Sunday, May 29, 2011

Jogger killed in hit and run crash

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A neighborhood jogging regular was killed in a hit and run pedestrian accident early Saturday, police said.

The collision happened around 2:30am Saturday on the Katy Freeway feeder road, westbound at W. Sam Houston Pkwy.

According to investigators, the victim was jogging like he does regularly in that area when he was struck by an unknown vehicle.

The vehicle that hit him fled the scene, officials said.

Another car driving on the feeder saw the body lying in the roadway and called police.

The man was transported to Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital where he later died.

There are no known witnesses and no parts of a car were found at the scene.

Police are urging anyone with information about this incident to call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS. All tipsters remain anonymous.

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