UPDATED: 6:01 p.m., Monday:
Bristol Township police and the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office revealed more information on Sunday’s fatal hit-and-run incident at the McDonald’s along Route 13.
Jason Smith, 47, who recently moved from Easton to Levittown, was announced as the man who died when a pickup truck ran him over in the parking lot of the McDonald’s on 7700 Route 13 in Bristol Township.
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Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub held a press conference at the Justice Center in Doylestown Borough late Monday afternoon to announce new information and call for assistance from the public.
A four-door gray Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck was the striking vehicle, and images of the pickup truck were released by investigators, police said.
The pickup truck appeared to be a 2013 model and had a 4×4 sticker on both sides of the bed, black rims, and a front vanity license plate. The pickup truck could be missing an oval shaped black plastic trim piece that may cover a fog lamp opening, police said.
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Security camera footage showed the two vehicle’s parking. Smith was seen retrieving an object from his vehicle and approaching the pickup truck. At that point, the pickup truck runs over Smith, Weintraub told reporters.
The pickup truck moved over Smith, “never stopping or slowing down,” the district attorney said.
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A hammer was found next to Smith’s body and it is suspected that was the item he pulled from his vehicle.
Smith was rushed to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital in Philadelphia by the Bucks County Rescue Squad. He succumbed to his injuries at the hospital, police said.
Weintraub said his office is keeping an open mind in their investigation and the incident might have been self-defense. However, he said the pickup truck driver ran over Smith and then left the scene.
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“We want to get this investigation right and to a proper conclusion,” he said.
Several images were released to the public.
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Anyone with information on the fatal hit-and-run crash has been urged to contact Detective Patrick Kitchenman at 267-812-3056 or pkitchenman160@bristolpd.org.
Original Story:
A pedestrian was struck and killed in the parking lot of the McDonald’s along Route 13 Sunday, and police are seeking the driver of the striking vehicle.
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The incident happened Sunday at 4:08 p.m. in the parking lot of the fast food eatery in the 7700 block of Route 13 in Bristol Township.
The pedestrian was struck in the parking lot of the McDonald’s, police said.
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Police and the Bucks County Rescue Squad arrived. The wounded pedestrian, a man, was rushed to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital in Philadelphia, where he succumbed to his injuries, police said.
A four-door gray Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck was the striking vehicle, and images of the pickup truck were released by investigators, police said.
The pick up truck appeared to be a 2013 model and had a 4×4 sticker on both sides of the bed, black rims, and a front vanity license plate. The pickup truck could be missing an oval shaped black plastic trim piece that may cover a fog lamp opening, police said.
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Anyone with information on the fatal hit-and-run crash has been urged to contact Detective Patrick Kitchenman at 267-812-3056 or pkitchenman160@bristolpd.org.
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