A labourer of Annandale, East Coast Demerara was last night killed in a hit-and-run accident.
The dead man has been identified as Leon Fung-a-Fat 31, of 162 Annandale South.
Stabroek News gathered that the man was struck down sometime after 9.30 pm on the Annandale Railway Embankment Road.
A woman told this newspaper that she and a friend were passing through the village when they noticed the large crowd and stopped. Upon stopping, she said the driver recognized Fung-a-Fat and offered assistance to transport him to the hospital. She noted that he was lying in the corner of the road with his face down.