Emergency services were called at 7.20pm to reports that a pedestrian had been hit by a car on Popes Road, Takanini. On arrival, Police found a man deceased. Initial indications are that the man was already deceased on the road when hit by the driver who contacted emergency services. Police are working to understand what has taken place and no further information is available at this stage.
The man who died while hitchhiking along Popes Rd in South Auckland more than a week ago has been named as 49-year-old John McKee.
Emergency services were called to Popes Rd in Takanini on Saturday September 15 at about 7.20pm after the man was found dead on the road.
Policebelieved McKee, who was wearing a red and black checked shirt and jeans, had been trying to hitchhike and may have already been dead when he was hit by a car.
A police spokesperson said, at the time, the driver of the car that hit him alerted emergency services.
Several other motorists saw the man trying to get a ride before he died.
