Patrick Coyle Jr. says he had a typical relationship with his father.
"We went to all kinds of sporting events I played a lot of sports growing up and he always wanted me to play. He coached a lot of my little league teams," said Coyle.
50-year-old Patrick Coyle Sr. was a maintenance man who lived and worked at the Presidential City Luxury Apartments in Philadelphia's Wynnefield Heights section.
"Really nice guy, really helpful, he would take the shirt off his back to help anybody out," said Coyle.
At about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, January 1st, Patrick Sr. was coming home from a New Year's Eve party.
He had just gotten off the bus and was trying to cross City Avenue near Presidential Boulevard on foot.
"From what I know he was just crossing the street and he was hit, the car was going pretty fast," said Coyle.
Police say the driver fled the scene.
Patrick's son says he's comforted knowing that a passerby stopped and tried to help his father.
"It's comforting knowing there was a med student there right on the scene trying to revive him," said Coyle.
Patrick Sr. died at the scene.
Witnesses were only able to give police a vague description of the striking vehicle saying it was either a gold or silver 4-door sedan.
The Citizens Crime Commission is administering a $6,000 reward, half posted by the family and half posted by AAA Mid-Atlantic.
"Come forward. I hope that their conscious is just eating them alive," said Coyle.
The reward will go to anyone with information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible.
Anonymous tips can be given at 215-546-TIPS (8477).
