Police are asking for the public's assistance in a hit and run accident that occurred Thursday night in Nashville. 

The victim, Amelia J. Ricottilli-Lamping of Lowellville, Ohio was visiting Nashville when she was struck while walking across Charlotte Pike and 22nd Avenue North by an Alfa Romero sedan, which drove off. 

According to affiliate WSMV, Lamping was taken to Vanderbilt Hospital where she was later died of her injuries. 

Metro Nashville Police later found the vehicle abandoned on 2nd Avenue North, near Van Buren Street.

Police are still looking for the suspect, and asks that anyone with information on the driver’s whereabouts is asked to call MNPD at 615-742-7463.