A 38-year-old father of three from London, Ont., has been identified as the victim of a fatal hit and run collision over the weekend, London police confirmed Tuesday.
Emergency crews responded to the scene at Adelaide and Nelson streets around 9:30 p.m. Saturday for a report that a man had been struck by a motorist.
Police located the man at the scene and transported him to hospital, where police say he succumbed to his injuries.
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On Tuesday, police confirmed the man’s identity as Thou Roeun of London.
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The vehicle, a silver 2022 Volkswagen Passat, fled the scene but was located by police on Sunday. The suspect driver remains at large. No other updates were available in the ongoing investigation.
A GoFundMe, launched by Roeun’s niece, Tayla, to pay for funeral expenses and to support Roeun’s three young daughters had raised roughly $14,000 as of late Tuesday afternoon.
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