A motorcyclist was killed in a hit-and-run crash Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia’s Frankford neighborhood after a vehicle detached from a tow truck and struck him, police said.
Inspector D F Pace said the crash happened around 4:15 p.m. on the 4000 block of Frankford Avenue. After reviewing surveillance video authorities said a tow truck was hauling a vehicle when it became detached from the truck’s hook and began rolling backwards down the street with no one behind the wheel. The vehicle then crashed into a man on a motorcycle as the tow truck continued driving away from the scene.
The motorcyclist was rushed to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead just before 4:50 p.m., Pace said…