Pedestrian Killed in Fairmount Park Hit-and-Run Crash, Driver at Large

Pedestrian Killed in Fairmount Park Hit-and-Run Crash, Driver at Large
File photo of a police tape. (Andri Tambunan/AFP via Getty Images)
City News Service
2/27/2023
Updated:
3/2/2023
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SAN DIEGO—Investigators Feb. 27 sought to identify and locate a motorist who fled following a fatal weekend traffic crash in a Fairmount Park-area neighborhood.

The victim, described only as male, was found lying mortally injured in the roadway at Trailing Drive and Tulip Street about 10 p.m. Sunday, according to the San Diego Police Department (SDPD).

Paramedics took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Officers documenting the scene of the fatality found evidence that the victim had been “involved in a traffic collision,” SDPD officer Sarah Foster said.