Release Date/Time: 5/21/2013 9:16 AM
Incident: Vehicle/Pedestrian Hit & Run Accident
Report #: 13-050971
Date: Monday, 5/20/2013
Time: 11:45 PM
Location: 1 Bridge Street
Officers responded to the area of 1 Bridge St. on a call of a hit and run accident with one person injured. Officers arrived and found the male victim (39) in the middle of then street, unresponsive and suffering from a head injury. The victim was transported to a local hospital and immediately life flighted to a Bay area hospital for treatment.
The investigation revealed the victim was setting up a makeshift tent near an encampment and may have lost his balance as a grey colored sedan drove by at a high rate of speed past the victim who was struck by the side of the vehicle knocking him to the ground. The vehicle fled the scene.
The investigation is continuing. If anyone has information related to this incident you are asked to contact the Salinas Police Department at 758-7321 or to remain anonymous 775-4222
Release Authorized by: Officer Miguel Cabrera
Telephone: (831) 758-7348