Houston police received a call about the deadly crash at 9200 Westpark Drive near Fondren Road around 6:40 a.m.
A woman believed to be in her 30s was hit and killed. Investigators said she may have been a jogger based on the tennis shoes she was wearing.
HPD said she was heading westbound in the narrow shoulder of Westpark Drive when a vehicle traveling the same direction failed to maintain a single lane and hit and killed her.
The driver fled the scene. Police did not immediately have a description of the suspect's vehicle.
Anyone with information about the deadly crash is encouraged to contact HPD's hit-and-run division at 713-247-4065.
Drivers are being asked to avoid the area and use alternate routes.