The police are investigating the death of a youth, whose lifeless body was discovered along the Kairuni Public Road, Linden- Soesdyke Highway on Wednesday morning following a suspected hit and run accident.
Dead is Mark Anthony Jerome, who was 19-year-old.
Stabroek News understands that the youth died sometime between 9.45 pm on Tuesday, when he was last seen alive and 1 am on Wednesday, when his body was found.