A man died yesterday morning after he was struck by a car along Aubrey Barker Road, in South Ruimveldt, and the police are searching for the driver, who abandoned the vehicle and fled the scene afterward.
Morris Orwin Kennedy, 33, of East La Penitence, was reported to have been crossing the street and pushing his bicycle when he was hit from behind by the car, PMM 2024.
The driver fled the scene, leaving the car behind.
The accident occurred around 9am.
According to Fiona Gomes, a sister of the deceased, Kennedy had been sent to purchase a case of lemonade by a resident of his home community and was returning home when he was struck.
She added that after word of the accident got out, Kennedy’s family travelled to the scene. The police took about an hour or two before getting there. All the while Kennedy’s body was left there lying in the hot sun as a crowd gathered. A sheet was later placed over the corpse.
Kennedy was described as someone who was shared a good relationship with his family and friends.
A grief stricken neighbour said he was always willing to help. “You could send Morris [anywhere]; that’s how he dead—’cause she could have called him and send him out,” the neighbour observed.
