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Philly Mom Killed In Hit-Run Was 'Sweetest Soul,' Loved Ones Say
A Philadelphia woman is dead after police say she was struck in a hit-and-run accident on a city street last week.
Tamarah Savage, 35, was crossing North Broad Street on the 2700 block around 3:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 6 when she was hit, city police said.
The driver fled north up Broad Street while first responders declared Savage dead at the scene minutes later, according to the department. The suspect's vehicle is described as a white Chevrolet Impala, model years 2006 to 2013, with dark tinted windows, police added.
As investigators continued to search for the driver, Savage's lov…
Fake Salesman Carjacks Montco Homeowner At Gunpoint, Police Say
Lower Merion police say a carjacker took a township resident hostage at gunpoint, and that the suspect is armed, dangerous, and still at large.
It started at 5 p.m. on Monday, March 20, the department said. The victim pulled into his driveway on the 200 block of Wiltshire Road in Penn Wynne section to find the suspect waiting in his driveway, police wrote.
Posing as a salesman for a solar power company, the suspect approached the victim and "made conversation," but the victim said he was not interested and headed for the door, authorities continued.
That's when police say…