AUSTIN, Texas — Investigators with the Austin Police Department have identified the victim in a deadly hit-and-run crash that happened in northeast Austin on Monday, May 11.
Police originally said the crash happened on the southbound service road of Interstate 35 at East Rundberg Lane just before 1 a.m. on May 11. Police said a man was taken to a hospital where he died. At the time, no other details were released.
On Monday, June 8, APD provided an update, saying that the preliminary investigation shows that 55-year-old Roderick Davis was lying down in the right lane of East Rundberg Lane for an undetermined reason. He was struck by an unidentified vehicle just before 3 a.m.
APD responded to the scene after receiving reports of a body in the roadway. When officers arrived, they found Davis, who was taken to Dell Seton Medical Center at UT Austin. He died a short time later.
APD said there is no vehicle description available at this point in the investigation. Anyone with any information regarding this incident should call APD's Vehicular Homicide Unit at 512-974-8544 or submit tips on the department's app.
This is Austin's 35th fatal traffic crash of 2020, resulting in 37 deaths in Austin this year.
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