RED SUV DRIVER WANTED FOR BACKING OVER AND KILLING WOMAN ON HIGHWAY 94 NEAR STEELE CANYON, THEN FLEEING SCENE

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By Miraim Raftery

July 27, 2018 (Jamul) – California Highway Patrol seeks public help to find the driver of a red or burgundy small SUV who reportedly backed up and killed a woman in her 30s who had gotten out of the vehicle. She was walking west on the shoulder of highway 94 near Steel Canyon Road in Spring Valley early Friday morning when the driver struck and seriously injured her. He reportedly remained at the scene for several minutes, and then fled.

The driver is described as an African-American man in his mid-30s, 5 ft. 7 to 5 ft. 8 inches tall, weighing 275-300 pounds with short hair and no visible tattoos. He was wearing light-colored clothes and a sweatband around his head.

The red SUV was last seen being driven by the man northbound on Steele Canyon Road.

The victim was taken to Sharp Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, says Officer Travis Garrow.


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Domestic dispute?

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Could have been some type of domestic violence situation. I have witnessed so many couples getting into verbal and physical altercations over the years it makes me sick! Seriously, if a relationship is so toxic, kids or not, leave one another! These so called relationships cannot be based on real love. And I can't stand to hear "we stay together for the children", or "I love him / her". Please... And the kids - they suffer in ways we cannot possibly imagine.

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