TOPEKA, Kan. — Topeka police are investigating a pedestrian’s death as a possible homicide.

Fifty-two-year-old Robin Nicholson of Topeka died Sunday night after she was hit by a car. Police say she was trying to retrieve a stray dog when she was hit by a white SUV that then sped away.

Police Lt. Steve Taylor told The Topeka Capital-Journal that the case is being investigated as a homicide.

Nicholson died after being taken by ambulance to Stormont-Vail Hospital.

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Information from: The Topeka Capital-Journal, https://www.cjonline.com