Victim in Allentown hit-and-run had clung on to delivery van that ran over him, D.A. says

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A 29-year-old pedestrian who died Friday in a hit-and-run had confronted the driver after believing the driver had struck the victim’s own vehicle, the district attorney said.

The victim, Rigiberto Hernandez Arias, tracked down the delivery van that he believed had earlier struck his car by following it through the city, said Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin Holihan.

“They came to the same location at South Fourth Street and Emaus Avenue,” Holihan said. “(Hernandez) got out of his car and confronted the driver of the van…

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