Police search for driver after Melbourne woman dies in alleged hit-run
Police are searching for a driver after a pedestrian died in an alleged hit-run in Melbourne last night.
The 29-year-old Dandenong North woman was walking across Stud Road in Dandenong when she was allegedly struck by a silver Mercedes sedan at about 9pm.
Police believe the impact threw her into the middle of the northbound lane of the road when a second vehicle, a dark-coloured SUV, hit her again.
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Police are searching for a driver after a pedestrian died in an alleged hit-run in Melbourne last night. Nine
The driver of the Mercedes stopped at the scene, however, the driver of the SUV continued driving north towards Rowville.
CCTV footage showed the woman walking in between passing cars while trying to cross the street before the collisions.
"After she was struck, she was thrown onto the lanes in the opposite direction, and a second car has struck the pedestrian while she was lying on the road," Victoria Police said today.
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The woman was walking across Stud Road in Dandenong when she was allegedly struck by a silver Mercedes sedan at about 9pm. Nine
The woman was taken to hospital but passed away shortly after.
Police said the SUV driver should have stopped to help the woman.
"You have to contact police because we will continue our investigation to try and locate you," a police spokesman said.
Locals told 9News the stretch of road was dangerous at night.
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