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POLICE are searching for the driver of a white motor vehicle involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident on the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway early yesterday morning which claimed the life of a 45-year-old Maloney woman identified as Simone Rose.

The tragedy occurred at approximately 6.30 a.m. along the eastbound lane of the highway near the O’Meara intersection.

According to initial reports, Rose had just exited a taxi at the intersection and was standing on the side of the road when she was struck by the vehicle.