Motorcyclist Raul Perez, 58, killed when hit-and-run SUV driver strikes him at Whitaker Avenue and Louden Street in Feltonville, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Police: Motorcyclist Killed In Hit-And-Run In Feltonville
The impact was so strong police say the man’s body was thrown about 30 feet.
Police are searching for the driver of an SUV.
Chief Inspector Scott Small says the driver, “Made a left turn into the path of the motorcyclist that was going south, and that’s where the motorcycle and this GMC collided.”
MOTORCYCLIST KILLED IN FELTONVILLE HIT-AND-RUN ID'D
Raul Perez, of the 500 block of East Wyoming Avenue, was killed after his motorcycle was hit by an SUV.That SUV has been recovered.
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