HIT AND RUN DRIVER SOUGHT IN PEDESTRIAN FATALITY IN SPRING VALLEY IN EARLY HOURS OF NEW YEAR

By Miriam Raftery

January 3, 2017 (Spring Valley) -- California Highway Patrol seeks public help to identify motorist who struck and killed a pedestrian on eastbound  State Route 94 just east of Kenwood Drive  in Spring Valley around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 1^st, then fled the scene.

There is no description of the hit and run vehicle.  The man who was fatally struck down had just exited a gray Nissan Sentra that had pulled over and stopped in the center divider.  After an argument with a passenger, 21, from Spring Valley, the Nissan’s driver exited the vehicle and started running in the #1 lane when he was struck.

The pedestrian died at the scene due to his injuries.

If you have any information on the hit-and-run driver or vehicle, please call Officer Kevin Pearlstein at (619)401-2000.