Police ask public for assistance in South Park hit-and-run death

SOUTH PARK, Pa. — The mystery of what happened to a man along a South Park road haunts neighbors there.

"He was just laying there like this on the ground.” Matthew Voith, a neighbor who tried to help the victim said. “He was in the middle of the road between the yellow lines up there."

For the first time, we're seeing a picture of the victims John Jenkins.

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Allegheny County Police told Channel 11 on the night of Oct. 9, the calls to 911 started just before 10 p.m. Neighbors saw a man with lying in the middle of Snowden Road near Connor Road

Police originally told Channel 11 they uncovered witnesses who saw a man fitting Jenkins description walking along the road in the northbound lane facing traffic

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“I checked his pulse and we knew he had passed away,” Voith said.

Neighbors showed Channel 11 where the victim was found right next to the yellow sign, so police say it's possible someone was coming around the bend and hit the victim and thought they might have hit an animal
    
"I would like to know what happened because it doesn't seem like everything is adding up right," Voith said.

Police are asking anyone who was on Snowden Road between 9:30 and 9:50 on the night of Oct. 9 and might have seen something to give them a call. Callers may remain anonymous.

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