Updated: 1:37 PM EST March 3, 2021
James City County police confirmed a truck driver accused of hitting a pedestrian and then leaving the scene was found dead last week.
The hit-and-run happened around 7:19 p.m. on Feb. 26 in the 8700 block of Pocahontas Trail.
Witnessed told police that the pedestrian was getting off a WATA bus when he was hit by a dump truck. The victim, a 31-year-old man from James City County, was trying to cross the street near the Dollar General when he was hit.
The truck driver left the scene and drove almost a mile away to the entrance of the Country Village Mobile Home Park. The driver got out of the truck but then got back in and drove off, according to witnesses.