Hit and Run Driver Wilkes-Barre - Do you know this vehicle?

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Big update:

Police impound pickup in hit-and-run fatality

Wilkes-Barre Detective David Sobocinski said a 2006 Ford F-350 Super Duty turbo diesel pickup was located at 71 W. Liberty St., Ashley, shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday night and impounded by police.

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Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

Well, if the police do have strong technology at their disposal they can zoom pretty far in from about 2:24:18 AM to about 2:24:20 AM in the bottom video to at least make out a partial license plate and potentially the make and model of the vehicle. The video quality isn't the best, but from my experience from formerly working in the parking lot at Lowe's I'd say that it's possible the truck is either a Dodge Dakota or a Ford F-150. It looks larger than a Ford Ranger and doesn't appear like a Toyota Tacoma or Tundra. It definitely looks like a domestic pick-up. It also looks like it may be from the early-to-mid-2000s in model years. Adding in the potential to at least pick up a partial license plate, and going by the following information we should hopefully be able to find the vehicle.

-Dodge Dakota or Ford F-150
-Dark Color
-Early-to-mid-2000s Model Year
-Partial License Plate #_______

The problem is that there are a LOT of pick-up trucks in NEPA, and with Wilkes-Barre now serving as a nightlife hub it's entirely possible that the driver was from Monroe County, Wyoming County, Columbia County, or somewhere else where local media viewers may not care much about a news story happening in Wilkes-Barre and who may then, in turn, not exert too much effort to be on the lookout for such a vehicle. With how much people in Scranton don't give a rat's derriere about Wilkes-Barre I can only imagine the apathy towards the Diamond City is even worse in the surrounding rural counties that rely on Wilkes-Barre (yet refuse to admit it).

Well; you were pretty close! I just hope this isn't a false alarm and that the police have their perpetrator.

It still bothers me that the police could not have given the public a better description of the vehicle. They had the surveillance videos; you would think that they would have had a good idea of the make and model of the truck? Maybe there is a reason that they do not give us more information? I just think that the public can offer plenty of help - when we are regarded as part of the 'team'.