By: Richard L. Smith
A woman was killed after she was struck by a hit-and-run driver who sped away from the scene, leaving the woman to die in Newark on Tuesday night.
It happened just before 7 p.m. in the 300 block of 6th Avenue West.
Emergency responders arrived at the scene and found the woman's lifeless body run over by a vehicle that drove away and remains at large.
The severely injured unidentified woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police believe that a black sedan sped from the scene in an unknown direction.
The Essex County Prosecutor's Office is leading the investigation.