INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD is investigating after a woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Indianapolis' southwest side Wednesday evening.
The crash happened around 9:40 p.m. Sept. 18 in the 2300 block of South Lynhurst Drive, which is just north of Sam Jones Expressway.
According to an IMPD spokesperson, officers were called to the area on a report of a hit-and-run crash. There they found a woman in the road with trauma. She was taken in critical condition to Eskenazi Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.
On Thursday, Sept. 19, the Marion County Coroner's Office identified the woman as 30-year-old Alexandra Rose Leal. Her father told 13News that she was the mother of three children.
Witnesses tell 13News Leal had gotten out of her vehicle to get something in the roadway when she was hit.
IMPD is asking for the public's help in finding a 2002-2006 silver Toyota Camry that struck the victims and fled from the scene.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 317-262-8477 or the IMPD Traffic Unit.
"It's especially infuriating when they are hit-and-runs," said Eric Holt, founder of Indy Pedestrian Safety Crisis. "It's just really disappointing to see that sort of behavior out of drivers. Driving is a responsibility, and we really need people out there to treat it as such."
This isn't the first hit-and-run crash in this area. After the last one, there were recommendations that there should be more signage. There are two stop signs — one on each side of Kelly Street — but there are no stop signs in this part of Lyndhurst Drive.
William Ayala Arquet was killed in a hit-and-run accident at this intersection in September 2023.
"We see a lot is these incidents are happening in a lot of the same locations. You know, there are certain locations within town that we are not surprised to see," Holt said.
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Over the summer, the Indianapolis City-County Council released its plans for "Vision Zero," a plan to make Indianapolis safe for pedestrians.
"The intent and the aim to, by 2035, to eliminate traffic fatalities in Indianapolis." said Councilor John Barth, who introduced the plan.
The council committee is expected to be selected next month.
"The intent of those meetings will be to collect information, to collect ideas on what we can do to reduce and eliminate fatalities and put out this plan," Barth said.
13News spotted cameras in the area Thursday. IMPD confirmed they are license plate readers, but they cannot confirm if they are monitored by Metro Police or another agency.
Police have not found the suspected driver in Wednesday night's crash.