CINCINNATI — A 55-year-old man died weeks after a hit-and-run in Avondale.
According to Cincinnati police, Richard Tavares was struck on August 24 just before 9 p.m. on the 3400 block of Reading Road.
Police said he was standing in the middle of the road and not at a crosswalk when he was struck. Investigators said the car that hit him fled the scene.
He was taken to UC Health with life-threatening injuries. According to the Hamilton County Coroner's Office, Tavares died Sunday.
Police said they don't have a description of the suspect that struck and killed Tavares, and they don't have a description of the vehicle involved.
Any witnesses to this crash are asked to call the Cincinnati Police Department's Traffic Unit at 513-352-2514.
Tavares is the second person to die this weekend after being hit by a car earlier this summer. 35-year-old Sarah Sweeney died more than a month after a hit-and-run in Northside.
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