Uber driver helps police locate car involved in deadly hit-and-run

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ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — A quick-thinking Uber driver helped police locate a vehicle they believe was involved in a deadly hit-and-run in Penn Hills last month.

The silver blue Saturn sedan was found in the parking lot of the Hi View Gardens housing complex in McKeesport Friday.

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Ulysses Coto told Channel 11 he had just dropped someone off and spotted the vehicle, which had front-end damage. He snapped a photo and then called police.

“It was just tucked away in the corner of the parking lot by some dumpsters under a tree, but it wasn’t covered over with a tarp. It was just sitting there like someone abandoned the car. Whoever did it just walked away,” Coto said.

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Police said 51-year-old Joseph Morris of Penn Hills was walking home from work on April 28 when he was hit on Hershey Road and dragged to Universal Road.

Morris' family told Channel 11 they are desperate for answers in the case.

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A $13,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest.

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