‘Have a little compassion’: Mother urges deadly hit-and-run driver to come forward

The mother of a man killed successful a hit-and-run collision successful Surrey 1 twelvemonth agone is hopeless for anyone pinch accusation to travel guardant to thief lick nan case.

Charlene Marchand, who travelled to B.C. from her location successful Las Vegas to thief support her family connected nan grim day of her son’s senseless death, said nan roadworthy to justness has been challenging.

“It’s been excruciatingly achy to unrecorded without my son,” she told Global News successful an question and reply Monday.

Zachary Frise, 31, was stepping adjacent 128 Street and 82 Avenue successful Newton soon aft midnight connected July 29, 2023 erstwhile RCMP said he was struck by nan driver of a achromatic sedan.

The fishy conveyance did not extremity and Frise died successful infirmary nan adjacent day, leaving down a woman and young son.

“It’s conscionable been an tremendous magnitude of pain,” said Marchand.

Hours earlier nan tragedy, Frise had been celebrating nan completion of his third-year plumbing apprenticeship.

Marchand described her boy arsenic gregarious, fun-loving and an astonishing begetter to his young son, who his partner is now raising alone.

“Zachary was an astonishing man who had an astonishing early up of him and it was taken that nighttime by personification who was truthful careless,” said Marchand. “I consciousness for illustration we’ve been successful a nightmare for nan past twelvemonth and we don’t aftermath up.”

RCMP said respective bully Samaritans came to Frise’s assistance earlier constabulary arrived astatine nan scene.

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While investigators person spoken to immoderate witnesses, they judge location are group pinch accusation – including CCTV and dash cam footage – who person yet to travel forward.

Surrey RCMP are renewing their plea for anyone who was successful nan 8200 artifact of 128 Street betwixt midnight and 1 a.m. connected July 29, 2023, to interaction police.

“Think astir if it was your son, your brother, your father, deliberation astir really you would want justness done,” said Marchand.

RCMP said they person now identified and spoken pinch nan driver of a achromatic Tesla who passed nan fatal collision scene.

Last August, constabulary said that drivers whitethorn person been unaware they drove by a deadly clang – but that nan Tesla’s dash camera whitethorn person captured footage of nan collision and/or nan fishy vehicle.

Marchand said moreover nan smallest item could beryllium important successful helping constabulary find nan personification responsible for her son’s death.

“I conscionable wish that nan personification responsible could person a small compassion successful their psyche and do nan correct thing.”