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Felipe Carrillo Puerto driver latest hit and run victim

Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Q.R. — A Felipe Carrillo Puerto motorcycle driver has become the latest victim of a hit and run. The unidentified man died en route to hospital Tuesday after being struck by a vehicle along the federal highway.

The accident happened near the intersection of the X-Hazil Sur commune where the motorcycle driver was hit by a vehicle that kept going. The driver was thrown from his bike and left for dead.

The young man is reported to have been a Maya Train construction worker. He was helped by nearby Maya Train construction site medical staff who loaded him onto a stretcher for hospital transport.

He was rushed to the Felipe Carrillo Puerto hospital where doctors reportadly stabilized him, however, due to the extent of his injuries, he was transferred to Chetumal.

He died en route to the Chetumal hospital.