Police obtain arrest warrant for fatal Center City hit-and-run

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Saturday, August 26, 2017
Police obtain arrest warrant for fatal Center City hit-and-run
Police obtain arrest warrant for fatal Center City hit-and-run. Jim Gardner reports during Action News at 11 p.m. on August 25, 2017.

COLLINGDALE, Pa. (WPVI) -- An arrest warrant has been obtained for a 35-year-old man for his involvement in a fatal hit-and-run in Center City, Philadelphia.

The suspect, Brendon Hay, faces charges in the death of 53-year-old Ann Broderick, a homeless woman, who was killed crossing the street just before 3:30 a.m. in the 1300 block of Race on August 6th.

Watch the report from Action News at 4 p.m. on Aug. 11, 2017.

The charges include involuntary manslaughter, homicide by vehicle, and accident involving death.

Police say a tip led investigators to a white Jeep Wrangler in Collingdale, Delaware County.

That Jeep, was captured on surveillance footage near the scene of the hit and run accident.

The man who police suspected was driving is also seen in the surveillance picture.

Jeep sought in Center City hit-and-run seen on video. Matt O'Donnell reports during Action News Mornings on August 7, 2017.

That man and three other men were captured on other surveillance pictures getting something to eat at the Jade Harbor restaurant at 10th and Race on the night of the accident.

A tipster tells police, the owner of the Jeep owns an electrical service in the 500 block of Pusey Avenue in Collingdale. The tipster says the Jeep and other high end cars he owns could be found there.

Sources say that's where they found the Jeep and that it appears there hasn't been much of any electrical business going on at the establishment.

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