Community calls for road improvements after woman killed in hit-and-run crash

RICHMOND, Va. — A woman was killed Saturday night in a hit-and-run crash on Semmes Avenue in Richmond, leaving families once again in that area calling for safety improvements.

The incident happened around 11:30 p.m. in the 1400 block of Semmes Avenue near the intersection of West 15th Street. Police say the woman was crossing the four-lane highway in the northbound lanes when she was hit by a driver headed east who never stopped.

“It’s such a tragedy to think that someone’s out walking in their neighborhood in the evening and they die like that. They get hit by a car,” Pippa Holloway said…

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