{"id":254687,"date":"2026-07-29T15:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/254687\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T15:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:29:09","slug":"car-in-deadly-southwest-philadelphia-hit-and-run-found-in-upper-darby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/254687\/","title":{"rendered":"Car in deadly Southwest Philadelphia hit-and-run found in Upper Darby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/v9wlh1luqronj500.jpg\" alt=\"Mother speaks after deadly hit-and-run in Southwest Philly\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/v9wlh1luqronj500.jpg\" alt=\"Mother speaks after deadly hit-and-run in Southwest Philly\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-6546b402=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">PHILADELPHIA &#8211; Police have recovered a vehicle they believe was used in a deadly hit-and-run overnight Monday in Southwest Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Taliya Nesmith, 29, died after she was struck by a speeding car while crossing the road moments after exiting a rideshare.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The suspected hit-and-run vehicle was found by police in Upper Darby Township on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police have not said how they were able to locate the vehicle and have not reported any arrests at this time.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police say Nesmith was crossing the 7200 block of Elmwood Avenue after exiting a rideshare around 3:30 a.m. Monday when she was struck by a speeding car. The impact of the crash caused the 29-year-old to hit the rear windshield of a parked car, police said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The driver, who remains unknown, fled from the scene immediately after the crash. FOX 29 News obtained disturbing video that shows the moments before the crash.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The identity of the driver remains unknown at this time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime &amp; Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/us\/pa\/philadelphia\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA &#8211; Police have recovered a vehicle they believe was used in a deadly hit-and-run overnight Monday in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[592,139,539,69,147,149,148,150,593],"class_list":["post-254687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upper-darby","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-news","tag-pa","tag-philadelphia","tag-upper-darby","tag-upper-darby-headlines","tag-upper-darby-news","tag-upper-darby-township","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}