A man who was hit and seriously injured by a work van that fled the scene Sunday night has died, Marietta police said.
The hit-and-run crash happened around 7:15 p.m. in the parking lot of a grocery store and phone repair shop at 814 Sandtown Road, police said in a news release. Andres Salanic-Sacalxot, 54, of Guatemala, was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead just before 11 p.m. Monday.
Salanic-Sacalxot was walking in the lot when he was hit by a white work van with ladders on its roof. The driver of the van fled the scene without trying to help the man or notify police, a police spokesman said.
Salanic-Sacalxot died the next day at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital. No further information has been released and police have not shared images of the van.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Marietta police Officer St. Onge at 770-794-5352. Information can also be sent via the MPD tip line at 770-794-6990 or by contacting Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404-577-8477, texting information to 274637 or visiting the Crime Stoppers website.
— Staff writer Henri Hollis contributed to this article.
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