Niagara police search broken automobile after deadly hit-and-run

PORT COLBORNE, Ont. — Police within the Niagara Area are investigating after a 53-year-old man was hit by a automobile whereas he was out for a stroll and killed in an obvious hit and run.

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Niagara Regional Police mentioned the person from Port Colborne was strolling on Silver Bay Rd. within the metropolis when he was hit a while between 10 p.m. and midnight on Saturday.

Investigators mentioned that when the person didn’t return house, his household searched the world and he was discovered critically injured in a ditch close to some broken automobile components.

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Emergency providers had been known as at 4:36 a.m. on Sunday and handled the sufferer, however he was pronounced lifeless on the scene.

Police consider the SUV-style automobile that hit the person is darkish in color and they’re asking anybody with info or video footage of the world to contact them.

Investigators mentioned the automobile may have harm to the entrance left nook together with the left headlight, fender and presumably the grill.