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Muhammed Umair
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Police name man sought after hit-and-run fatality
Prison warden died on way to work when car hit his scooter
POLICE have named the man they are hunting in connection with the hit-and-run death of a Holloway Prison warden.
Roy Tillson, a 45-year-old grandfather, was killed on the morning of Sunday March 13 as he rode his scooter to work along Seven Sisters Road.
The driver of a green Rover 414, who was travelling in the opposite direction, overtook a parked Tube replacement coach, ploughing into Mr Tillson and dragging him underneath the car.
A green Vauxhall Vectra was also involved in the crash.
Inspector Dave Toms, from the Euston Traffic Garage, said: “The driver went out to the centre of the carriageway and into the opposite lane. The driver hit the scooter and the rider received fatal injuries.
“The car came to a halt, followed by another vehicle. The Rover driver got out and stayed for a little while and had a brief conversation with the driver of the car who was following behind. Then he walked off and hasn’t been seen since.”
Police have named the driver as Muhammed Umair, 22, from Tottenham.
A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said: “He is known to reside in South Tottenham but has not been seen in the area and despite extensive enquiries police have currently been unable to locate him.”
As Mr Tillson, a veteran prison warden and trade union rep, lay dying under the car, a passer-by tried in vain to lift the heavy vehicle.
A witness said: “There was a guy who was trying to lift up the car and shouting to other people to give him a hand to get the biker out but no one stopped to help him.”
Mr Tillson was pronounced dead at the scene and a post mortem at St Pancras Mortuary gave Mr Tillson’s cause of death as multiple injuries.
Detectives are also keen to speak to black cab drivers after it emerged that around an hour after the crash Mr Umair took a taxi to Picadilly where he used an HSBC cashpoint in Piccadilly.
After withdrawing some money, he left in the same cab heading towards Piccadilly Circus.
Sergeant Mark Hine, of Euston Traffic Garage, said: “If you are the cab driver who drove Umair that day, know who the driver may be, or have information about Umair’s whereabouts please contact Euston Traffic Garage.”
Mr Umair is not considered dangerous but anyone seeing him is urged to call the Euston Traffic Garage on 020 7321 9941 or, if they have an “immediate sighting”, to dial 999.
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