Garland police are searching for a vehicle and its driver involved in a fatality hit & run accident that occurred Friday, April 12.
Shortly after 8:30 p.m., officers responded to the report of a pedestrian being struck by a vehicle in the 5500 block of Lyons Road. When officers arrived they observed a male lying in the roadway with severe injuries. The male was transported to the hospital where he later died. He has been identified as 51-year-old Gary Edward Nawrocki of Garland.
Investigators believe that Nawrocki was walking in the roadway when an unknown vehicle struck him and fled the scene.
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Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying and locating the vehicle and its driver. Anyone with information is asked to call the Garland Police Department Garland Crime Stoppers at 972-272-TIPS. Tips can also be given online at www.garlandcrimestoppers.org.
About Garland Crime Stoppers:Crime Stoppers encourages members of the community to assist local law enforcement agencies in the fight against crime by overcoming the two key elements that inhibit community involvement: fear and apathy. Crime Stoppers provides a telephone number and Web Tips to encourage citizens in the community to volunteer vital information helpful to law enforcement agencies to fight against crime.Callers can remain anonymous and are eligible to receive a cash reward if the information given leads to an arrest or grand jury indictment of a felony offender.Crime Stoppers relies on volunteer directors and tax deductible contributions from the public in order to operate the administration of the program.