HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A woman was found dead in the roadway overnight in west Houston follwoing an alleged hit-and-run crash, investigators say.

According to the Houston Police Department, officers responded to the crash just before 2 a.m. on Sunday in the 7500 block of Bellerive Drive near 6100 Marinette Drive.

When officers arrived at the scene, they discovered a woman dead in a moving lane of traffic, police said.