AETNA TOWNSHIP — Authorities are investigating a suspected hit-and-run crash that left a woman dead late Saturday night in Mecosta County.
Deputies with the Mecosta County Sheriff’s Office responded around 11 p.m. July 12 to the area of southbound US-131 and Jefferson Road in Aetna Township, where they found a female pedestrian deceased at the scene.
The crash is being investigated as a hit-and-run with what the sheriff’s office called “suspicious circumstances.”
Officials are asking anyone who was in the area at the time or who may have information about the incident to contact the sheriff’s tip line at tips@mecostasheriff.org or call the Silent Observer tip line at 616-774-2345.
Morley Fire Department, Mecosta County EMS and Mecosta-Osceola Central Dispatch assisted at the scene.