Pedestrian hit and killed on State Route 78 in Oceanside

According to the California Highway Patrol, a pedestrian walking in the middle of the roadway on State Route 78 was struck and killed on Tuesday.

The accident was first reported at 1:50 a.m. Tuesday in the eastbound lanes of the highway between Jefferson Street and El Camino Real, according to a CHP traffic log. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.

A witness told the CHP the driver who struck the pedestrian drove away in his vehicle heading east. Oceanside Police officers found a Mercedes convertible in the parking lot of a Winco Foods grocery store in the 2200 block of South El Camino Real that may have been involved in the crash.

–City News Service