THE son of hit and run victim Andy Mundy has made a tearful appeal for the driver of the car that killed his dad to come forward.

Luke Mundy was waiting for his dad to arrive at a party in a quarry on Portland when he found out he had been hit by a car and left for dead.

Father-of-three Andy Mundy, 44, of Fortuneswell, Portland, was knocked down on Verne Hill Road on his way to the party in the quarries at the top of the hill to celebrate getting a new job at Asda in Weymouth.

Luke, 20, said he had been enjoying getting closer to his dad and spending more time together up until he died on Saturday night.

He said: “He was like my best friend and we will really miss him “Whoever it was should come forward because my dad was trying to turn his life around.

“He was halfway there and he got ran over.

“I was getting closer to him recently and spending good times together.

“Whoever did this should come forward.”

Mr Mundy’s other son Ashley Sawtell, 22, said of his dad: “I will miss him and I loved him so much.

“I wish he could still be with us.”

Daughter Jasmine Mundy, 18, also paid tribute to her late father.

She said: “I will love him always and miss him already.

“I hope he is safe and happy in heaven.”

Mr Mundy’s former partner Claire Chapman also wanted to pay tribute.

She told the Dorset Echo: “When life got hard he kept on going and showed me how to be strong.

“He was an amazing man with great courage who I love and miss.”

A group of 15 friends were on their way to the party when Mr Mundy was asked to get a cigarette lighter and meet the rest of them at the party.

Luke’s friend Amie Passoni, 20, of Queens Road, Portland, was in the group and got a lift to the party expecting to see Mr Mundy there.

She spent most of yesterday at the scene on Verne Hill Road where friends and family laid tributes to the former scaffolder.

Miss Passoni said: “We were at the party and a lot of police arrived.

“Andy’s son Luke was with us waiting for him and one of our friends told us the accident had involved his dad.

“As soon as that happened the party shut down.

“We did not have a clue it was Andy and none of us wanted to believe it.

“We were all saying ‘it’s not true it’s not true’. Let’s just hope they get caught.”

Mr Mundy became separated from his son and his friends and was walking to the party alone when he was hit at around 10.30pm.

Miss Passoni added: He’s my best mate’s dad and we asked him to go to the shop to get a light for the party.

“We were getting a lift and he was going to meet us up at the quarry party. He had five minutes to go and it’s not that hard to get from here up the road is it?”

Miss Passoni said she will remember Mr Mundy as “the 40-year-old raver at the party.”

She added: “He was always the last man standing who never stopped.

“But he had just sorted himself out and gota job in Weymouth.

“He had a lot of friends and hung around with the younger people because he was close to his son.”