Body Found on Highway 43 in Northport, Police Suspect Fatal Hit-and-Run

Police in Northport are investigating after a body was discovered on a highway there on Wednesday evening.

Keith Carpenter, the assistant chief of the Northport Police Department, told the Thread that a motorist called dispatchers and reported what appeared to be a person's body off the highway near its intersection with Malone Road.

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NPD officers responded and found a person deceased there, Carpenter said. The call came in around 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday.

Carpenter said the preliminary belief is that the person was struck and killed by a vehicle and that the driver left the scene of the accident.

NPD's Accident Reconstruction Unit is working the scene, and Carpenter said the multi-agency Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit may also be consulted if this appears to be a homicide.

No other details were immediately available, and the victim's identity will not be released until notification of next of kin.

For updates as they are released publicly, stay connected to the Tuscaloosa Thread.