A driver is wanted after allegedly hitting and killing a man early Saturday morning in Wilmington, Delaware.

According to Delaware State Police, around 1 a.m., troopers were called to New Linden Hill Road, east of Pike Creek Boulevard, for a reported welfare check after several drivers saw a man in the travel lanes.

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Police said callers reported that the man was intermittently lying and sitting in the roadway. The circumstances surrounding why he was in the roadway remain under investigation.

Shortly after the initial 911 calls, police said it was reported that an unknown vehicle traveling eastbound on New Linden Hill Road struck the man and fled the scene.

At this time, there is no available descriptio

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