Tragedy struck in Ogden where a 63-year-old man lost his life to a hit-and-run incident yesterday afternoon. According to ABC4, the unidentified victim was pronounced dead shortly after 5 p.m. after being hit by a vehicle while he was cleaning a parking lot at a local car wash near 7th Ave. and Washington Blvd. Ogden Police arrived at the scene following a call about an unconscious male and discovered the grim scene.
The Ogden City Police Department released a statement detailing how officers responded at 5:11 pm to the report of the unconscious man. As reported by KSL Newsradio, the man, who was not a car wash employee, was attending to the cleaning of a parking lot when he was fatally struck. The perpetrator's vehicle had fled the scene by the time the officers arrived, leaving behind more questions than answers.
In an emotionally charged interview, the deceased man's family grapples with the unforeseen loss. "Hugged him, kissed him, told him I love you and he kissed me and said I love you too and that was it," his wife recounted, as per KUTV, adding that they had shared two decades, with the last eight years in marriage. The widow expressed that to her knowledge, there was no reason anyone would want to harm her husband, describing him as a man who was "nice to everyone."
As the investigation continues, authorities have not yet provided a suspect or vehicle description to the public. The search for the individual responsible for this fatal encounter is ongoing. Police have assured that they will share information with the public upon obtaining any leads. The community, meanwhile, is left to ponder the fragility of life, as one of their own has been abruptly and violently taken from this world.
