Driver flees after killing pedestrian at Hydronie

Police are searching for a driver who fled the scene of an accident on Friday night after hitting and killing a pedestrian on the Hydronie Public Road, on the East Bank of Essequibo.

The Guyana Police Force said after the driver hit pedestrian Kayum Alie, of Bushy Park Squatting Area, East Bank Essequibo, he fled the scene on foot. 

The accident occurred at approximately 9.55pm.