STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A 28-year-old woman was struck and killed by a suspected hit-and-run driver while she was trying to cross the Staten Island Expressway early on Friday morning, according to police.

Police responded to a 911 call of a crash involving a pedestrian on the New Jersey-bound expressway in the vicinity of Richmond Road, according to a statement from the NYPD.

The incident was reported at 3:11 a.m., a spokesman for the FDNY/EMS said.

Upon arrival, officers saw a 28-year-old woman who was unconscious and unresponsive lying on the roadway near the HOV lane. She suffered trauma on her body and was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS, the police statement said.

Further investigation by the NYPD Highway Districts Collision Investigation Squad determined that the woman was attempting to walk across the New Jersey-bound expressway in the vicinity of the Clove Road/Richmond Road/Targee Street exits when she was struck by an vehicle that did not remain at the scene, the police statement said.

The investigation continues and a description for the vehicle is not yet available.

A police spokesman said the woman lived in Brooklyn; her identity is pending family notification, the police statement said.

A source with knowledge of the incident said that the initial call was for an emotionally disturbed person at that location on that expressway.

All lanes were reopened to traffic by 6:45 a.m., after two lanes still were blocked around 6 a.m. Lane closures began around 3:30 a.m., according to 511 NY.

More information will be posted when it becomes available.

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