Makai Cummings' body was found on the roadway in Hanover County just after 2 a.m. Monday, May 8, Virginia State Police said in a news release.
The vehicle that struck him fled the scene, authorities said.
Cummings was apparently a Nottingham, MD native, who was stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina. He previously played lacrosse for Baltimore City College.
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