Woman killed in hit-and-run in Tuscaloosa identified

Tuscaloosa police are trying to find a driver who killed a woman in a hit-and-run crash Thursday night.

According to police, it happened around 9:30 p.m. on Englewood Village Drive, where 58-year-old Patricia Ann Brooks was walking.

Another driver saw Brooks lying on the road and called 911.

After attempts to take life-saving measures, paramedics declared her dead on the spot.

Officers determined she lived nearby, and family members said she suffered from a medical condition that may have caused her to collapse while walking before she was struck by the vehicle.

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TPD’s Traffic Homicide Unit is working to locate the driver of the vehicle that drove away from the scene of the accident.