A pedestrian killed in a weekend hit-and-run in Bessemer has now been identified.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Darren Dewayne Amison. He was 57 and lived in Bessemer.

Officers were dispatched at 5:45 a.m. Saturday to a report of a man in the road in the 2600 block of Eighth Avenue North. It was not immediately clear when he was struck.

Amison was pronounced dead on the scene at 5:54 a.m.

Authorities said Amison was walking in the roadway when he was fatally hit.

The vehicle left the scene after the collision.

Anyone with information is asked to call Bessemer police at 205-481-4366, the tip line at 205-428-3541 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.