DC Driver Killed Fixing Flat In Hit And Run Crash: Police

WASHINGTON, DC — Virginia State Police are looking for the driver of a tractor-trailer who fled the scene after fatally striking a Washington, D.C. man fixing a flat tire in Warren County Tuesday night.

Authorities say a pair of pickup trucks were eastbound on I-66 shortly before 8:30 p.m. One of the pickups got a flat tire; and both vehicles pulled off to the highway's right shoulder at the 5-mile marker, near the highway sign for Exit 6 in Winchester.

The driver of one pickup truck — 55-year-old Steven D. Mackall of Washington, D.C. — got out to fix the tire, which was on the driver's side in the front of the vehicle. While Mackall was working on his silver Chevrolet, a tractor-trailer traveling eastbound hit him. According to police, witnesses said the tractor-trailer was white.

The driver of the vehicle continued east on I-66 toward Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C., officials said. Mackall died at the scene.

No one in the other pickup was hurt during the crash, police said.

Authorities ask anyone who may have seen the crash or could provide information about the white tractor-trailer to call Virginia State Police at 540-829-7766 or email at questions@vsp.virginia.gov.

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