ALBANY, NY : Police release name of victim in park hit-and-run death on Sunday, February 5th 2017

Police have released the name of the woman who was struck and killed in a hit-and-run accident in an Albany park.

Albany Police Department officials say officers responded around 4 a.m. Saturday to a report of a person hit by a vehicle on Washington Park Road. When officers arrived they found a woman in the road.

Officers were told that she had been hit by an SUV whose driver fled the scene.

The woman was taken to Albany Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. Police on Sunday identified her as 21-year-old Rajine Martinez of Albany.

Police say they have located the vehicle believed to have been involved in the accident. The investigation is continuing.

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Police release name of victim in park hit-and-run death