Montgomery County Man, 38, Killed by Hit-And-Run Driver on North Broad Street

A 38-year-old man from Montgomery County was killed Sunday night after a driver struck him on North Broad Street and fled the scene, leaving investigators with a thin trail of evidence and a community once again grappling with a deadly stretch of roadway. The crash happened around 7 p.m. at Broad and Glenwood Avenue, under the bridge, police said.

Investigators are searching for a possibly white car connected to the crash, according to police, as reported by NBC10 Philadelphia. Few details were immediately available Sunday night, and police have not released a description of the driver. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Philadelphia Police Department, which is accepting tips anonymously online in addition to its phone tip line.

The intersection sits at what is historically recognized as the northern terminus of the Avenue of the Arts, the cultural district that runs down Broad Street to Washington Avenue, established in 1993, according to the Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia. It also lies close to Temple University Hospital's Level I Adult Trauma Center, which serves as North Philadelphia's primary receiving facility for severe crash trauma.

A Corridor With a Troubled Safety Record

Sunday's crash adds to a grim pattern along Broad Street, which city traffic safety analysis has designated the highest-priority corridor for automated speed enforcement after logging 206 fatal and serious injury crashes between 2020 and 2024 — averaging more than one traffic death a month in 2024, according to CBS News Philadelphia. That data helped push Broad Street past Roosevelt Boulevard as the city's deadliest roadway corridor in 2024.

Broad Street is part of Philadelphia's High Injury Network, a roughly 300-mile subset covering just 12% of city streets but accounting for 80% of all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, per WHYY. In response, the city and the Philadelphia Parking Authority began deploying 15 automated speed enforcement cameras along the Broad Street corridor last September, with active ticketing starting in November following a 60-day warning period, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia has reported.

Fatal Hit-and-Runs Keep Piling Up

Sunday's death is not an isolated case. Hoodline reported on a similar fatal crash in June, in which a 72-year-old woman was killed by a fleeing driver on South Broad Street. And just weeks ago, a 65-year-old man was dragged 150 feet in a hit-and-run near Lehigh Avenue, an incident Hoodline connected to a June 2025 fatal hit-and-run at North Broad Street and West Lehigh Avenue, where a 60-year-old pedestrian was killed and the driver abandoned the vehicle in Fishtown.

Under Pennsylvania law, leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death is a second-degree felony carrying a mandatory minimum of three years in prison and a $2,500 fine, according to Justia Law's summary of Title 75, Section 3742. It remains unknown whether the driver who struck the 38-year-old man Sunday will be identified or charged, and whether any nearby cameras captured the vehicle.

Philadelphia's Traffic Deaths Outpace Other Major Cities

The crash comes as Philadelphia continues to post the worst traffic fatality rate among major U.S. cities. Citing 2024 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data reviewed by the City Controller this past July, the Northeast Times reported Philadelphia's rate of 9.04 deaths per 100,000 residents outpaces Chicago's 7.15, Washington, D.C.'s 4.73, Boston's 3.64, and New York City's 2.86 — and that the city's rate has climbed from 8.64 in 2023.

The city's Vision Zero Action Plan 2030, published last November by the Department of Public Health, found that traffic deaths since 2020 have disproportionately struck pedestrians and cyclists, who lack the protection of a vehicle frame in a crash. City Controller Christy Brady has noted that Philadelphia's Fiscal Year 2027 budget sets aside $30 million in capital funding over six years for Vision Zero street safety projects and traffic-calming infrastructure, though the pace of fatal crashes along Broad Street shows the scale of the challenge that funding is meant to address.

For now, the investigation into Sunday's death remains open, with police relying on tips from the public and any surveillance footage that might have captured the fleeing car. Anyone with information has been asked to call 215-686-TIPS (8477) or submit a tip online.