Crime & Safety

Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Spring Valley Man Walking Home from Work

Authorities have not released details about the vehicle involved.

A 20-year-old man walking home from work on a sidewalk was struck and killed Sunday by a hit-and-run driver in Spring Valley, authorities said.

The Spring Valley man was walking on a sidewalk on the north side of Campo Road west of North Granada Avenue shortly before 4 a.m. when he was hit by the vehicle, which then sped away, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office.

Responding California Highway Patrol officers and fire personnel confirmed the pedestrian's death "due to obvious fatal injuries," the Medical Examiner's Office reported. His name was withheld pending family notification.

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