A suspect has surrendered to police after the fatal stabbing of a truck driver in Point Fortin.

Police say 42-year-old Ronald Marchan was stabbed by an assailant while sitting in a white refrigerated truck he had parked near a grocery at Tanner Street.

Officers responded to the scene around 8:30pm and the injured man was taken to hospital.

Around five minutes later, the suspect visited the Point Fortin Police Station and told police that he stabbed a man during an altercation, with officers finding a blood-stained knife on him.

While interacting with the man, officers learned that Marchan succumbed to his injuries in hospital, leading to the suspect’s arrest.