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San Diego Police: Pedestrian hit by two vehicles on Home Ave., killed

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Posted at 8:56 AM, May 31, 2023
and last updated 2023-05-31 13:49:57-04

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - A pedestrian died Wednesday morning after being struck by two vehicles in the Fairmount Park area of City Heights, according to the San Diego Police Department.

SDPD officials said the incident was first reported just before 5 a.m. at 4100 Home Ave.

According to police, a black 2007 Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck was heading eastbound in the number two lane as “a 59-year-old female was walking west in the number two eastbound lane of 4100 Home Avenue.”

Police stated the pedestrian was walking “parallel to the roadway and was not in a crosswalk.”

The Chevy truck collided with the pedestrian, sending her into the number one lane, police said. SDPD officials added, “A white pickup truck ran over the victim as she was laying in the roadway.”

Despite life-saving measures performed by responding emergency crews, the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Chevy’s driver and driver of the white pickup both remained at the scene.

SDPD’s Traffic Division is investigating the incident.