EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — A 76-year-old man died after a hit-and-run crash on Loop 375 South, and El Paso police are asking for the public’s help identifying the driver who fled the scene.

On June 18, police were called to a crash on Loop 375 South near Pelicano around 11:30 p.m. When officers arrived, they found two vehicles at the scene.

Manuel Oliva Contreras was driving southbound on Loop 375 when his vehicle was rear-ended by a dark-colored vehicle, identified by investigators as Unit 1. Contreras was initially reported to have suffered non-life-threatening injuries. However, police later learned he died at a hospital from injuries sustained in the crash.

The Special Traffic Investigations unit took over the case. Preliminary information indicates the driver of Unit 1 was traveling southbound on Loop 375 at a high rate of speed when the vehicle rear-ended Contreras’s vehicle. According to police, the driver of unit one fled the scene on foot.

Investigators are asking anyone with information about the crash or the driver who fled the scene to call police at (915)832-4400. Those who want to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers of El Paso at (915)566-TIPS (8477).

Contreras’s death is the 22nd traffic fatality this year, compared to 29 at the same time last year.

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