The woman was pronounced dead at Baystate Medical Center following the 8:30 p.m. accident. She did not have any identification on her and police are trying to determine her name.
This is an update of a story first posted at 9:05 p.m.
SPRINGFIELD - An unidentified woman was stuck and killed by a hit-and-run driver as she pushed a baby stroller across Sumner Avenue Friday night, police said.
The woman was pronounced dead at Baystate Medical Center following the 8:30 p.m. accident, said Springfield Police Capt. William Collins. She did not have any identification on her and police are trying to determine her name. She was approximately 30 years old, he said.
The 3-year-old child was sent flying out of the stroller upon impact with the car and landed on the tree belt, he said.
When police arrived on the scene, they found the child crying on the tree belt and passersby performing CPR on the woman, Collins said. He said he did not know if the child had been injured.
The accident happened near 685 Sumner Ave., which is two blocks west of White Street.
The stroller was dragged underneath the car as it fled the scene, Collins said. It was found several blocks away.
Collins said police believe they have found the car involved in the accident.
A woman on Kensington Avenue called the station a short time after the accident to report her cousin had come in her house, handed her the car keys and told her he may have just hit someone, Collins said. The cousin then left the house.
The woman told police the cousin took the car without her permission as she was sleeping.
Police have the cousin’s name and are now looking for him, Collins said.