February 3, 2020
The Richmond
Police Department’s Crash Team is asking for the public’s help in locating
a vehicle believed to be involved in a fatal hit and run that occurred yesterday
on Hull Street Road.
At
approximately 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 2, a passerby saw a male down
in the roadway in the 5200 block of Hull Street Road and called police.
Officers arrived and found Jamie Melendez-Cortez, 31, of the 6700 block of
Jefferson Davis Highway down and unresponsive in an eastbound lane of the
roadway. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators with the Crash Team believe
Melendez-Cortez was crossing Hull Street Road from north to south when he was
struck by an older model, two-tone pick-up truck (photo attached). The
collision occurred between 2 a.m. – 2:30 a.m. near the businesses, “Tony’s Auto
Repair” and “New and Used Tires Store.” The driver did not stop and the
vehicle was last seen turning north onto Warwick Road.
The exact make and model of the truck are
unknown at this time. It is possibly missing a right front hubcap.
Anyone with information about the vehicle
or driver is asked to call RPD Crash Team Investigator R. Rose at (804)
646-1665 or contact Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000 or at www.7801000.com.
Both Crime Stoppers methods are anonymous.
