NORTH SEWICKLEY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A person was hit and killed along the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Beaver County early Friday morning.
Dispatchers said the crash happened around 2:33 a.m. in the eastbound lanes at mile marker 14.1 in North Sewickley Township.
Pennsylvania State Police identified the person killed as Khalil Mutadabur, 21, of Pittsburgh.
The Turnpike Commission said that Mutadabur got out of his vehicle after it became disabled.
According to the police report, Mutadabur was walking westbound in the eastbound lanes when he was hit. The vehicle involved didn’t stop and kept driving.
The eastbound lanes were shut down for over two hours, but have since reopened.
State police continue to investigate.
Mutadabur was a graduate of Shaler Area High School. Superintendent Dr. Bryan O’Black provided Channel 11 with the following statement:
“The Shaler Area School District community is deeply saddened by today’s sudden passing of Khalil Mutadabur, a 2023 graduate of Shaler Area High School who died tragically this morning in a hit-and-run accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Beaver County.
“Our heartfelt condolences are with Khalil’s family and friends, and I encourage all who knew Khalil to keep him and his lived ones in our thoughts and prayers during this incredibly difficult time.”
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