1 dead after hit-and-run crash on Parkway West; suspect identified

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1 dead after hit-and-run crash on Parkway West; suspect identified

Julia Felton And Justin Vellucci | Thursday, August 17, 2023 6:57 a.m.

WTAE-TV

Police at the scene of a fatal hit-and-run accident late Wednesday on the Parkway West near Green Tree.

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the Washington County man killed just before midnight Wednesday in a hit-and-run crash on the Parkway West as Husam Raji Shuibat.

A vehicle hit Shuibat, 53, in the area of mile marker 67 near Green Tree and drove away, police said. The medical examiner’s office said Thursday that Shuibat was a tow truck driver.

Shuibat was pronounced dead at 11:44 p.m., the medical examiner’s office said. The office did not release a cause or manner of death.

State police said they located the vehicle and driver involved in the crash with the help of information provided by witnesses. Police said the driver submitted to a blood test and was taken in for questioning.

An investigation is ongoing.

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