Indo-Canadian Man Dead In Hit And Run Crime!

Bikramjit Nanda found the victim of a hit-and-run lying on the road of a Surrey cul-de-sac and performed CPR until emergency crews arrived on scene. The 28-year-old victim of the hit-and-run kill on Tuesday has been identified as Avtar Singh. The family of Singh is urging the driver of the hit and run to give himself up to police.

SURREY – An Indo-Canadian man from Surrey is dead after a hit and run crime.

Avtar Singh, who was found lying in the middle of 92nd Avenue just west of 144th Street Tuesday morning, died of his injuries.

Bikramjit Nanda found Singh lying on the road of a Surrey cul-de-sac and performed CPR until emergency crews arrived on scene.

The family of the 28-year-old victim is urging the driver of the hit and run to give himself up to police.

Surrey RCMP is treating the matter as a hit and run but say there are no witnesses to have come forward. Once they arrived on the scene, officers found glass fragments and pieces of a car that’s believed to have been involved.

At about 7:20 a.m. on Tuesday the victim was found by a passerby on the road unconscious with head injuries. “It wasn’t readily apparent what had transpired or how long he had been injured. The man was taken to hospital where he later died,” says Corporal Scotty Schumann.

Surrey RCMP’s Criminal Collision Investigation Team is leading the investigation. “A thorough examination of the scene was conducted with assistance from the Integrated Collision and Reconstruction Service (ICARS).”

Nanda, a neighbour who tried his best to save the victim, said Singh was in bad shape when he found him.

"I went close to the person and I saw there was a lot of bleeding coming from his nose, his ears," Nanda told CTV News.

Nanda said man's phone, wallet and shoes were lying far away from his body, and that his turban had come loose.

"It looked like someone dragged him or hit him so hard that he flew," said Nanda.

Another neighbour called 911, but passed the phone to Nanda who spoke with emergency responders. At the dispatcher's request, Nanda performed CPR.

"He was not breathing at the time," he said. "I could not feel any heartbeat."

Paramedics arrived and took over, and Nanda says he thinks they were able to restore a pulse. The man was transported to hospital in Surrey, where he later died.

Nanda says he wants to tell the driver who hit Singh to turn him or herself in to police.

"It's a terrible thing to do. It's inhuman," Nanda said. "Someone has lost his son. Someone has lost his brother… just come forward."

Singh had moved from Canada to Dubai just one month ago, according to his cousin Kalwinder Singh. The victim was walking to the bus stop on his way to take a driving test for a trucker's license when he was struck, his cousin said.

According to police, no one witnessed what happened to Singh and it wasn't clear how long he had been lying there.

Cpl. Scotty Schumann told CTV News on Wednesday morning that officers had recovered fragments of glass and bits of a vehicle, and they can confirm it was a hit and run incident.

"The pieces would be really useful to us if we do find a suspect vehicle later on. Then we can match the two… But the pieces on their own won't necessarily point to a vehicle," he said.

Based on the pieces they recovered, Schumann says the suspect vehicle might have a windshield that's pushed in from the front.

But finding the vehicle is just the first step. Schumann says that while evidence can point officers to a vehicle, it's much harder to say for certain who was behind the wheel.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.