AN Illawong father who was run over on a busy road less than a kilometre from his home was allegedly hit as he was crossing the road going home.

Fred Dib, 45, who died in St George Hospital, is believed to have been hit by two cars with only the second stopping on Alfords Point Rd at Illawong at 6am. He was found by an off-duty nurse.

The driver who allegedly hit Mr Dib and left him for dead has been charged.

Kulvir Singh Mahal, 30, was freed on bail at Sutherland Local Court today facing charges of negligent driving causing death and failing to stop and assist after a vehicle impact causing death.

Police initially said Mr Dib’s head injuries were not consistent with a motor vehicle collision leading to speculation the convicted criminal may have been injured before he was run down.

Today Sutherland Police Superintendent Julian Griffiths said following the autopsy police were confident the injuries sustained were from Mr Dib allegedly being hit by Mr Mahal’s Toyota Camry in lane 2 of the southbound lanes.

The Indian National from Engadine was bailed on the conditions he surrender his passport and report to police three times a week. He is next due in court in April.

Mr Mahal was spoken to by police as a witness to the collision in the hours after the crash but was not identified as a person of interest until late yesterday.

He was interviewed at Sutherland Police Station with the assistance of an interpreter at 12.30am this morning.

media_camera Dib was heavily tattooed. Picture: Facebook. media_camera Fred Dib died after being dumped in the road. Picture: Twitter.

Supt Griffiths said police were still appealing for witnesses to the crash and had ruled out Mr Dib’s criminal history as playing any part in his death.

Yesterday, police searched Dib’s Illawong home where he lives with his parents, including a silver Mazda, to investigate whether he was possibly assaulted before his death.

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A track leads from the end of Maxwell Close through bushland to the freeway.

Supt Griffiths said Dib was lying on the road when he was hit by the second car.

Maxwell Close

Supt Griffiths said he suffered serious injuries to the right side of his head, stomach and leg.

media_camera Traffic along Alfords Point Rd builds this morning following the discovery of a man in the middle of the road. Picture: John Grainger

media_camera Police gather on Alfred's Point Rd Illawong where Mr Dib was struck by a car after being dumped on the road. Pic John Grainger

media_camera Police search a car at the home of Fred Dib who was killed in an alleged hit and run at Illawong on Monday. Picture: Ben McClellan

Mr Dib was due to be sentenced in Downing District Court next month on charges of resisting a police officer and aggravated break and enter.

A charge of stalking and intimidation was dropped in December last year.

Mr Dib was known to go to the gym late at night and was a night owl. He was known to carry a bum bag which was at his home along with any identification and money when he was killed.

Mr Dib’s social media accounts paint him as a loving dad with a passion for tattoos.

“Me n my little boy the living thing in my life who gives me hope,” he posted on his Twitter account last month.

“My boy my everything,” he wrote on Facebook.

The 58-year-old male driver who ran over the man was taken to hospital for blood and urine testing and then interviewed as a witness not a person of interest, Supt Griffiths said.

Police are appealing for the driver of a white truck that left the scene shortly after Dib was run over.