Fatal hit-and-run driver hunted

Mr Chadwick was known to friends as Rayvon Boswell

Police are continuing to hunt for a hit-and-run driver who left a 62-year-old man dying in a road in Salford.

Darrell Chadwick was found seriously injured by a police officer on The Crescent, near the Albion Way junction, in the early hours of Monday.

A witness told officers Mr Chadwick, who was known to his friends as Rayvon Boswell, was hit by a turquoise Vauxhall Astra, which drove off.

Police have said they need the public's help to identify the driver.

Car repairs

Det Insp Stephen Keeley, of Greater Manchester Police, said: "It is a compete tragedy that someone would leave another person dying in the road.

"We are following a number of positive lines of inquiry but I need the public's help to identify the driver.

Part of the road was closed for investigations into the crash

"The car would have suffered significant damage so if you know who was driving, have seen an Astra with damage or been approached with a view to repairing a damaged car please get in touch.

"We have had to break this tragic news to Darrell's mother so I would urge people to think about how they would feel in that situation and do the right thing and come forward."

Mr Chadwick was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which happened at about 0210 GMT.