Police identify victim of deadly hit-and-run on Gregory Street
Gregory Street crash (Photo: WHEC)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A man was hit and killed by a vehicle that left the scene on Gregory Street in the South Wedge neighborhood.
Rochester Police arrived around 3 a.m. on Thursday and found 45-year-old Akili Nix dead on the road. News10NBC’s photojournalist at the scene saw paramedics performing CPR on Nix before he was put in an ambulance.
Rochester Police say he was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital where he died.
On December 2, Rochester Police say a dark-colored Nissan Altima hit Nix, and say the driver may not have known they hit a person. Officers are following up on several leads, and continue to urge anyone with information to come forward.
Officers also ask anyone in the Gregory/Hickory/Ashland neighborhood with security cameras to contact the Major Crimes Unit at 585-428-7157 or MajorCrimes@cityofrochester.gov.
