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(Des Moines, IA) -- Des Moines Police are still searching for the driver who killed a man in a hit and run early Wednesday morning.
Police reports say a yellow 2004 Chevy Cavalier hit and struck the man near SE 8th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway.
The vehicle lost its license plate at the scene. Police later found the car abandoned.
"This is a serious crime, this isn’t just a traffic crash this is a serious crime so we’re going to investigate it like we would any other serious crime," Sgt. Paul Parizek tells WHO 13. “There’s a lot of pieces that we got to put together right now. There’s a lot of technical evidence that need to be examined. There’s a lot of people that we need to talk to so there’s a whole lot that still needs to come in this investigation.”
Sgt. Parizek, with the Des Moines Police Department, says anyone with information should contact the police communications line at (515) 283-4811.