Victim of West Philadelphia hit-and-run ID'd

WEST PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Action News has learned the name of the victim in a West Philadelphia hit-and-run as the search for the driver continues.

Only Action News was there Tuesday night when police towed a silver Volvo station wagon to their evidence lot.

Action News has learned the victim is Byron Scales of North Philadelphia, a 30-year-old father of two girls who is also deaf.

It is believed to be the car that ran down a man at 59th and Market streets Monday.

Police found it on the 800 block of S. Cecil Street after getting a tip call.

The car has a shattered windshield.

It appears to be the same car in surveillance video obtained exclusively by Action News.

Until relatives came forward Tuesday night, the police didn't know who the victim is.

Scales apparently never heard the car bearing down on him as he crossed the intersection.

He suffered internal injuries along with massive trauma to his head and chest.

Bystanders raced to his rescue and a police patrol car arrived with its lights flashing just 11 seconds later.

Police say the officers in the car had tried to stop the Volvo a few blocks back because its taillights were out.

The car sped off and police say the officers disengaged.

They saw the accident from a block away and rushed the victim to the hospital.

The Volvo kept going.

Sources say the car belongs to a woman who also allows her son and daughter to drive it.

Police searched the car Wednesday and are questioning the owner and her children as they try to determine who was driving it Monday night.

So far, the police haven't filed any charges.

Scales remains hospitalized at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.