 The Republican says Panama's new president is serious about closing the border, but predicts he won't get any help from the Biden administration. I'm Jim Ferry. An elderly wheelchair-bound man dies weeks after getting struck by a hit-and-run driver in Birmingham. Authorities say 84-year-old Erwin Curtis was crossing a busy street on Father's Day when a driver plowed into him and took off. Here's the victim's daughter, Deidre Curtis. It hurts.