BEAUMONT, Texas — Beaumont police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run after a man was found dead in a highway median Sunday morning.

Around 9 a.m. Sept. 7 officers responded to a welfare check after a citizen reported seeing a body in the grassy median in the area of the 6300 block of US Highway 69 near Texas State Highway 347, according to a news release from Beaumont police.

When officers arrived, they determined the individual appeared to be the victim of a hit-and-run crash. Traffic investigators responded and are actively investigating the incident.

The victim was identified as 27-year-old Vinnie Sang Nguyen of Beaumont. Police said Nguyen was known to be a transient.

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