{"id":266699,"date":"2026-08-17T04:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/266699\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T04:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:38:09","slug":"search-for-tow-truck-driver-after-deadly-hit-and-run-in-south-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/266699\/","title":{"rendered":"Search for tow truck driver after deadly hit-and-run in South Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6abc Digital Staff Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/16248352_2024-wpvi-generic-6abc-logo-on-white-background-img-v3.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Monday, August 17, 2026 3:43AM<\/p>\n<p>Search for tow truck driver after deadly hit-and-run in South Philadelphia<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">PHILADELPHIA &#8212; Phiadelphia Police are searching for a tow truck driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash in South Philadelphia Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">It happened around 9:30 p.m at the intersection of Penrose Avenue and 26th Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Officers found a man who had been hit by a black tow truck and dragged approximately 100 feet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police believe the victim was experiencing homelessness and was known to those in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The driver fled the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Investigators are reviewing surveillance cameras in the area to try to track down the tow truck.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monday, August 17, 2026 3:43AM Search for tow truck driver after deadly hit-and-run in South Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA &#8212;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[112506,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-266699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-112506","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266699","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=266699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}