Pittsburgh police are investigating a deadly hit-and-run in the city’s Chateau neighborhood.
PHOTOS: Pittsburgh police investigate West End Bridge hit-and-run
Police and medics were sent to North Point Drive around 8:30 a.m. for a report of an unresponsive woman.
A man called 911 saying he saw a woman not moving in the parking lot on North Point Drive.
A dispatcher said, “Caller is a third party reporting that while walking under the bridge to go to work, he noticed a female laying in the parking lot next to the construction site. She’s not moving. He tried yelling several times. There was no response.”
First responders found the woman dead in a parking lot below the north side of the West End Bridge. Police say she had significant injuries, including to her head.
The investigation so far indicates the woman was walking on the West End Bridge around 3 a.m. when she was hit by a car, the impact of which forced her over the railing.
Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating.