Bicyclist Jamal Morris, 26, dies after hit-and-run crash at 45th and Market streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bicyclist dies after hit-and-run crash in Philly, police say
Jamal Morris, of Philadelphia, was riding his bike near 45th and Market streets early Saturday morning when he was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene, police said.
Emergency personnel who responded to the area around 3:47 a.m. initially thought the man had been assaulted, police said, but further examination at Penn-Presbyterian Medical Center determined he had been hit by a vehicle.
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