CALVERT CITY, KY : Woman dies after hit and run morning in Calvert City on Tuesday, 1st August 2023

Police closed off Oak Park Boulevard in Calvert City, Kentucky, to investigate the death of a woman killed in a hit and run on Tuesday morning.

Police have identified the hit and run victim as 18-year-old Mercedeys R. Culligan of Calvert City.

The Calvert City Chief of Police, Mike Canon, has confirmed to one of our reporters on the scene that they are investigating a hit and run after 911 calls came in reporting a body in the middle of the road. Cannon says they started receiving 911 calls about the incident at 5:39 a.m. and officers arrived at the scene by 5:40 a.m.

It was reported that the woman was walking southbound on the shoulder of Oak Park Boulevard when she was struck around 5:30 a.m. She was pronounced dead on the scene by the Marshall County Coroner.

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