Police hope a segment on a mystery fatal Hawke's Bay crash airing on Police Ten 7 tonight will spur viewers to help identify the driver, who fled the scene.
The March 10, 2016, crah killed Hawke's Bay man Hemi Rapaea, 62.
Rapaea had been hitchhiking north of Dannevirke and given a ride by the driver of a silver Ford Fairmont.
The car veered off the road into bushes about 3.15am, just north of Te Aute College on SH2, flipped on its roof and then landed back on the road.
The driver fled on foot.