Police are urging the driver of a ute which struck and critically injured a 19-year-old man in Paengaroa on Saturday night to come forward.
Western Bay road policing Sergeant Wayne Hunter told the Bay of Plenty Times last night that police had managed to obtain CCTV footage of the grey-black, flat-deck ute involved in the alleged hit-and-run at 9.30pm on Te Tumu Rd.
The spot where the 19-year-old pedestrian was struck is near the meeting point of a rural road lined with kiwifruit orchards and the busy State Highway 2.
Mr Hunter said the ute, which was heading east, had a large tool box on the tray.
It would be in the driver's interest to come forward to talk to police about what happened, as the CCTV footage of the incident would shortly be made public, he said.
