{"id":277158,"date":"2026-09-02T07:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T07:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/277158\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T07:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T07:54:13","slug":"car-in-deadly-southwest-philadelphia-hit-and-run-found-in-upper-darby-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/277158\/","title":{"rendered":"Car in deadly Southwest Philadelphia hit-and-run found in Upper Darby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Brief<\/p>\n<p>Police have located a vehicle used in a deadly hit-and-run Monday in Southwest Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>Taliya Nesmith, 29, was struck and killed while crossing the street moments after exiting a rideshare.<\/p>\n<p>The identity of the driver remains unknown.<\/p>\n<p>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>Taliya Nesmith, 29, died after she was struck by a speeding car while crossing the road moments after exiting a rideshare.<\/p>\n<p>What we know<\/p>\n<p>The suspected hit-and-run vehicle, a 2019 Dodge Hellcat, was found by police on Broadway and Oak Avenue in Upper Darby Township around 5 p.m. Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore said detectives discovered that a 2019 Dodge Hellcat was stolen on Monday night in Northeast Philadelphia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Through investigative work, police were able to place the vehicle near the site of the hit-and-run, then tracked it into Delaware County. The vehicle is currently being processed for more evidence at a police lot.<\/p>\n<p>The backstory<\/p>\n<p>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>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>What we don&#8217;t know<\/p>\n<p>The identity of the driver remains unknown at this time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s next<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0713f54e-9bff-46b7-83f0-3ad330926211.png\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0713f54e-9bff-46b7-83f0-3ad330926211.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Provided by the victim&#8217;s family.<\/p>\n<p>A balloon release to honor the life of Taliya Nesmith, 29, will be held Friday, July 31 at 8:00 p.m. on South 73rd Elmwood Avenue.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Police have located a vehicle used in a deadly hit-and-run Monday in Southwest Philadelphia. Taliya Nesmith,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[147,149,148,150],"class_list":["post-277158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upper-darby","tag-upper-darby","tag-upper-darby-headlines","tag-upper-darby-news","tag-upper-darby-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277158","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=277158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}