Press Release-UPDATE
8230 Old York Road, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania 19027
Contact: Officer Joseph Morrissey, Highway Safety Unit
Email: jmorrissey@cheltenham-township.org
215-885-1600 ext. 476
Reference # 09-23235
Nature of Incident: Hit and Run Crash-Pedestrian Death
Location: Church Road, east of Old York Road, Elkins Park
Date/Time of Incident: Monday, November 30, 2009 at 5:01 PM
On Monday November 30, 2009 at 5:01 PM the Cheltenham Township Police Department received a report of pedestrian struck by a vehicle on Church Road just East of Old York Road in the Elkins Park section of Cheltenham Township. The female victim was taken to Abington Hospital by Cheltenham EMS and pronounced dead a short time later.
The victim has been identified as: Frances Gordon
Female, 85 years of age
Unit block of Surrey Road
Elkins Park, PA 19027
Witnesses at the scene supplied investigating officers with a description of the vehicle and driver that struck and killed the female. The description of the striking vehicle and driver is as follows:
(SIMILAR MAKE/MODEL-NOT ACTUAL VEHICLE)
After striking the victim, the driver stopped, got out of his vehicle, looked around and then fled in the van eastbound on Church Road.
The Cheltenham Police Department is asking for help from the public with any information on the striking vehicle and the driver.
Anyone with information is urged to contact:
Cheltenham Township Police Department at 215-885-1600 ext. 1
Anonymous information can be provided by phone at 215-885-1600 ext. 777 or the anonymous crime tip line email link at www.cheltenhamtownship.org
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