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Belize City police still do not know the identity of a man who was knocked down and killed between miles two and three on the Northern Highway. 7NEWS arrived shortly after the accident occurred around nine thirty on Friday night. By then the victim had already been taken by ambulance to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The information is that the victim described only as Hispanic man about five feet tall was walking across the highway when he was hit by a Mitsubishi Montero.

The driver, 31 year old Belizean businessman Derwayne Swift told police that he was travelling towards Ladyville when the collision occurred. At the scene brake marks on the pavement suggests that the driver did try to avoid hitting the pedestrian. The impact was so great that the victim was vaulted into the air and both his feet were broken. But he survived the initial impact. However three hours later he died at the KHMH.

Today police told 7NEWS that a woman has come forward to say she knows the victim but they are awaiting documentation to prove his identity before they release his name.