HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- An investigation is underway after a woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash in southwest Houston on Friday, according to the Houston Police Department.

According to HPD, officers responded to the fatal crash in the 9500 block of Wilcrest Drive at 6:15 a.m. HPD says that officers found a woman in the median near the intersection of Wilcrest Drive and Bissonnet Street.

Officials say that she was taken to an area hospital, where she was pronounced dead.