FIFTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD Shameer Mangal, of De Kindren, West Coast, Demerara, died Sunday after being hit by a motor vehicle on the public road in the village.

Police said it happened about 22:15 hrs that night and investigations revealed that Mangal was walking along the roadway at the time.
However, the vehicle which struck him drove away from the scene and Mangal was pronounced dead on arrival at the Leonora Cottage Hospital, on the West Coast, Demerara.
Police are continuing the hunt for the suspect.