Columbus woman dies in hit-and-run pedestrian crash

A woman pedestrian died after she was struck by a hit-and-run vehicle on Columbus' Near East Side, city police report.

Mildred Ann Kelley, 67, of Columbus, was walking at about 11:21 p.m. Wednesday along East Livingston Avenue when she apparently attempted to cross the street southbound between Lilley Avenue and Berkely Road. She was struck by a dark-colored vehicle that was traveling west to east on East Livingston and continued eastbound after the crash without stopping, according to a Columbus Division of Police accident report.

Kelley was transported to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center by EMS, where she was pronounced dead at 11:57 p.m.

The Columbus police Accident Investigation Unit is investigating the fatal crash.

bagallion@dispatch.com

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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Pedestrian killed on East Livingston in Columbus