Wegmans has agreed to offer a monetary reward to help find the driver responsible for a fatal hit-and-run accident on Jan. 30 that killed one of its employees as he was crossing North Atherton Street.

At a press conference yesterday afternoon at Wegmans, 345 Lowes Blvd., store manager Steve Gallucci announced that the store would donate $1,000 to the Centre County Crimestoppers for information leading to the arrest of the driver.

Leon Shee Sin, 68, of Park Forest, was walking home from work when he was struck by a Ford Bronco or Ford F-150.

"He was an exceptional employee," Gallucci said. "We're all sorry that this had to happen."

Police believe the color of the vehicle is a medium metallic blue model manufactured between the years of 1981 and 1986.

"The Centre County Crimestoppers is very grateful to be working with Wegmans and the Patton Township Police," said Bonnie Spetzer, president of the Centre County Crimestoppers. "We're hoping someone will call our number because any minimal detail will help."

Spetzer said Crimestoppers is hoping to have an information telegraph database on its Web site, www.centrecountycrimestoppers.com, within the next week.

Internet users will be able to sign in with their e-mail address on the Web site and anonymously provide any tips they have concerning the investigation.

Spetzer said people are always encouraged to call the Crimestoppers at 877-999-Crime or the Patton Township Police at 234-0271.

Patton Township Police Chief John Petrick said the unsolved case is somewhat unusual. "The person didn't have the decency to call for assistance or to flag someone down," Petrick said. "That's what's so horrific about it."

Petrick said he was grateful for the teamwork involved in the case so far, and said he appreciated that the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation provided a message board at the scene of the accident. The sign asks for people to call the Crimestoppers or police if they have any information pertinent to the case.

Petrick said the police department has been receiving tips from Clearfield County and as far away as Altoona. "If the person or passengers are afraid to come forward, then they'll have to live with it," he said.