A 40-year-old labourer is now dead after he was reportedly struck down along the Kuru Kuru Public Road, Soesdyke-Linden Highway in a hit-and-run accident and his family is pleading with the driver responsible to surrender.
Dead is John Albert Wickham, a father of one, of Kuru Kuru, Soesdyke-Linden Highway.
The accident occurred around 9.30 am on Friday.