Pedestrian killed by hit-and-run driver in Billings [Video]

Update 1:30 p.m. Tuesday

Billings police said in a press release issued Tuesday afternoon that the driver of the vehicle that struck and fatally injured a pedestrian Monday evening initially left the scene but returned and sought help.

The driver was not at the scene when officers first arrived after receiving multiple calls about the incident, the press release states.

The driver was identified as a 39-year-old man who returned to the scene and cooperated with the investigation, Lt. Matt Lennick said in the press release. The pedestrian was identified as a 51-year-old man who was crossing the street when he was struck.

The man was pronounced deceased at a Billings hospital.

Lennick told Q2 that the investigation is ongoing and the driver was not arrested. Once the investigation is complete it will be forwarded to the Yellowstone County Attorney’s Office for review, he said.

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First Report

BILLINGS – A pedestrian was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Billings late Monday.

Police said …