Po­lice are search­ing for the dri­ver in a fa­tal hit-and-run ac­ci­dent which claimed the life of a 50-year-old man on Mon­day.

Alvin Ram­lo­gan, of Chan­danagore Road, Ed­in­burgh Vil­lage, Ch­agua­nas, died on the spot.

A re­port said some­time be­fore 8 pm he was cross­ing the north­bound lane of the Solomon Ho­choy High­way near, Seer­aram Broth­ers, when he was struck by a ve­hi­cle.

On im­pact his body was tossed near a flatbed truck which had stalled on the shoul­der.

The dri­ver drove off, po­lice said.

The dri­ver of the flatbed truck told po­lice he was try­ing to fix the clutch when he heard a loud noise.

On check­ing, he saw a man ly­ing un­re­spon­sive with a head wound be­hind the right front tyre of the truck.

He called the po­lice.

Of­fi­cers of the Freeport and Ch­agua­nas Po­lice Sta­tions vis­it­ed the scene.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are con­tin­u­ing.