Domingo Agosto-Mendez, 60, killed in pedestrian collision with alleged hit-and-run driver Kenneth Bauer Jr., 25, on Allegheny Avenue in North Philadelphia
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Police say Agosto-Mendez was hit as he walked his stepdaughter to a bus stop. The impact hurled him into the air.
One witness, John, helped catch the driver.
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That's when, police said, Bauer put his car in reverse and briefly dragged the other motorist across Allegheny, hitting the back bumper of a parked 2004 Nissan Sentra, then drove through a fence of a construction site before coming to a stop.
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