KDPS investigates deadly hit-and-run involving semi (03 June 2020, for {EMAIL})

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) -- Kalamazoo police are looking for the driver of a semi-truck that hit and killed a man late Monday, and drove off. It happened around 11:30 p.m. on Sprinkle Road near Cork Street. Officers say when they arrived, they found a 50-year-old man dead. His name is being withheld until his family is notified. The semi-truck is described as being white-over-white. It was last seen driving westbound on I-94. Anyone with information is asked to call the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety at 269.337.8894 or Silent Observer at 269.343.2100. Daily digest [KDPS investigates deadly hit-and-run involving semi]( [KDPS investigates deadly hit-and-run involving semi]( [KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) -- Kalamazoo police are looking for the driver of a semi-truck that hit and killed a man late Monday, and drove off. It happened around 11: 30 p. m. on Sprinkle Road near Cork Street. Officers say when they arrived, they found a 50-year-old man dead. 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