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WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, May 27, 2018 (Gephardt Daily) — Police are investigating in what appears to be a fatal hit-and-run auto-pedestrian incident in West Valley City.
Investigators on scene told Gephardt Daily police were called to 6750 S. Frontage Rd just before 1 a.m. Sunday.
When officers arrived they found an adult male lying dead in the grass a few feet from the road.
Police initially thought the man was the victim of an assault, then realized there was evidence at the site consistent with a hit-and-run crash.
Officers stressed that they are in the very early stages of their investigation, but the evidence gathered overnight firmly points the finger at a hit-and-run incident.
The victim’s body was taken to the State Coroner’s Office where it will undergo further examination.
His identity has yet to be released.
