The Tribune

By EARYEL BOWLEG

Tribune Staff Reporter

ebowleg@tribunemedia.net

A MAN is assisting police with investigations into a traffic fatality after turning himself in on Friday.

The incident happened after 11pm Thursday.

Superintendent Audley Peters, police press liaison officer, told reporters that a pedestrian was struck by a driver at the T junction off Chippingham Road and West Bay Street.

On the arrival of the traffic accident investigation team, they met an adult male lying face down in the northern lane with “extensive” injuries.

Emergency Medical Services visited the scene and following their assessment, it was determined that there were no signs of life, Mr Peters said.

“Initial investigations in this incident revealed that the victim was crossing the street, from the northern side of the road and as he approached the south side a vehicle that was travelling in a westward direction struck him, sending him into another vehicle," Supt Peters said at the scene on Thursday night. "The driver that struck did not remain at the scene. It fled and we are looking for the driver of that vehicle at this time."

However, in an update Friday, Mr Peters said a man believed to be the driver of vehicle turned himself into authorities.