POLICE are investigating a hit-and-run fatal accident which occurred at about 02:45 hours on Sunday on Tuschen public road, East Bank Essequibo.

According to a police statement, the accident involved motorcar (#PSS 8190), owner and driver information unknown; motorcar #PRR 7218, owned by a 33-year-old self-employed resident of Meten-Meer-Zorg; and an unidentified pedestrian (a male Guyanese of Amerindian descent).

“Enquiries disclosed that the pedestrian was standing on the southern side of the road with a group of people. He then attempted to cross the road from South to North, ending up in the path of motor vehicle PSS 8190, which was proceeding west along the centre of the roadway at a fast rate.

“As a result of the collision, the pedestrian was flung in the air and landed on the left side back of motorcar PRR 7218, which was parked on the southern parapet of the road, facing East.

“Motorcar PSS 8190 then stopped a distance away, turned around, returned to the accident scene, and stopped. A group of people then rushed to the motor car, and the driver drove away in an eastern direction and escaped the scene,” the statement said.

The pedestrian was picked up in an unconscious state and conveyed to Leonora Cottage Hospital in a police vehicle, where he was seen and examined by a doctor on duty who pronounced him dead on arrival.

The statement added that checks for motor car PSS 8190 have so far been futile.