Family sought for 36-year-old pedestrian killed in hit-and-run on I-65 in Birmingham

Family sought for 36-year-old pedestrian killed in hit-and-run on I-65 in Birmingham

Authorities are trying to find family members of a pedestrian who was struck and killed in a hit-and-run on Interstate 65.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office on Thursday identified the victim as Malcolm Lemoyne Love. He was 36.

The crash happened at 7:18 p.m. Tuesday on I-65 at Fourth Avenue South. Authorities said Love was walking in the southbound lanes when he was struck by a vehicle that did not stop.

Love was pronounced dead on the scene at 7:30 p.m.

Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates said all attempts to find family or friends of Love have been unsuccessful.

Love had ties to Tuscaloosa. At the time of his death, he had in his possession a Greyhound bus ticket from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham dated Sept. 25.

He is believed to originally be from the Detroit, Michigan.

Family members are asked to call the coroner’s office at 205-930-3603.