Good Samaritan Killed In Hit-Run While Assisting Disabled Car: Philly PD

A 24-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run on Sunday night, Nov. 12, while he was stopped to help another driver, according to Philadelphia police.

Scene from the deadly hit-run on Whitaker Avenue on Nov. 12.
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Mac Bullock

11/13/2023 2:14 p.m.

It happened on the 4800 block of Whitaker Avenue around 6 p.m., the department said. Ezequiel Morales was walking back to his car when he was hit by a white van that fled the scene.

Morales was rushed to Albert Einstein Medical Center and pronounced dead just before 6:30 p.m., police said.

NBC10 Philadelphia reported that the van was later found abandoned nearby.

The crash remains under investigation, said PPD.

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