East Norriton police are searching for the driver of a vehicle who fatally struck a pedestrian on Labor Day weekend, then fled.
Ricardo Baptiste, 29, was struck Sunday just after 9 p.m. as he walked along West Germantown Pike near Whitehall Road, police said Thursday.
The initial vehicle that hit Baptiste, a Lansdowne resident, pushed him into the opposite lane of traffic, where he was struck by a tractor trailer, police said. Medics transported him to nearby Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police say the driver of that first vehicle did not remain at the scene, and they believe the person behind the wheel may have been driving drunk.
Baptiste’s family told investigators he had just left Jefferson Einstein, which is a few hundred yards away. He was being treated for an unrelated issue.
He leaves behind a 3-year-old daughter, and worked for a time as a kindergarten teacher, according to his family.
Anyone with information on the crash is asked to contact the Montgomery County Detective Bureau at 610-278-3368.