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Family pleads for driver's surrender in hit-run bike death

Family members of a bicyclist who died after being struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run crash in West Philadelphia over the weekend pleaded Tuesday for the driver to surrender to police.

Channabel Latham-Morris urges the driver who hit her son, Jamal Morris, at 45th and Market Streets about 3:45 a.m. Saturday to surrender to police. Morris' father, Hector Charlton Morris (right), said his son fell in love with Philadelphia.
Channabel Latham-Morris urges the driver who hit her son, Jamal Morris, at 45th and Market Streets about 3:45 a.m. Saturday to surrender to police. Morris' father, Hector Charlton Morris (right), said his son fell in love with Philadelphia.Read moreJulie Shaw/Staff