LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- One person is dead and another is in custody after a hit-and-run crash in the Pleasure Ridge Park neighborhood on Dixie Highway early Thursday morning.
Around 3:30 a.m. officers responded to a report of a hit- and-run collision involving a pedestrian in the 7800 block of Dixie Highway, according to a written statement from LMPD spokesperson Dwight Mitchell.
That's where officers found "a deceased male lying in the roadway."
People who witnessed the collision and the vehicle leaving the scene were able to give officers a description that helped them locate the vehicle and arrest the driver, Kevonte Liwain Mitchell.
He is charged with leaving the scene of an accident, operating on a suspended or revoked license, and failure to maintain proper insurance.
LMPD's Traffic Unit is handling the investigation.
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