Butcher dies in hit and run

Eldon Smartt

A driver of a pick-up, who fled after he struck down and killed a Stabroek Market butcher on Tuesday night, is now in custody after an eyewitness gave his licence plate number to police.

Eldon Smartt, called ‘Sono Boy,’ 46, of Lot 51 Robb Street, Bourda died at the junction of Middleton Street and Campbell Avenue, Campbellville, before he could have been rushed to Georgetown Hospital for medical attention.

Police said in a press release yesterday that