Hit-and-run victim's husband makes tearful appeal
Last Updated: Thursday, November 16, 2006 | 1:58 PM PT
CBC News
A Richmond, B.C., man has appealed for the public's help in finding the driver who struck and killed his wife as she crossed the street on Wednesday morning, and then drove off.
Aki Tajima, 36, was hit as she crossed Number 3 Road on a marked crosswalk in front of Richmond city hall as she went to work.
Aki Tajima was run down as she crossed Number 3 Road in Richmond, B.C., at 7:15 on Wednesday morning. She died later in hospital.
(RCMP)
Her husband of two years, Jay Han, told reporters at the Richmond RCMP detachment Thursday that he met his wife 10 years ago while they were both studying English in Vancouver.
He said they got married two years ago, and had been planning the honeymoon they'd never had.
Han cried, describing how the person he loved the most slipped away as he held her hand on Wednesday evening in hospital.
RCMP Cpl. Peter Thiessen said investigators are looking for a black import vehicle, and are asking body shops and neighbours to report any cars they see with new damage to the front end.
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