MURRIETA (CNS) – A man who laid down across an on-ramp to Interstate
215 in Murrieta was run over and killed yesterday.

The fatality occurred at about 3 a.m. Tuesday at the Clinton Keith
Road entrance to southbound I-215, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Officer Mike Lassig said the victim, whose identity was not
immediately known, laid “horizontal on the southbound on-ramp” for reasons
still under investigation.

A 37-year-old Murrieta man at the wheel of a 2018 Chevrolet Silverado
pickup drove onto the ramp going about 45 mph and was “unable to avoid (the
victim), traveling over him,” Lassig said.

The motorist immediately pulled to the shoulder and called 911.
Murrieta Fire & Rescue personnel reached the location minutes later and
pronounced the victim dead at the scene.

CHP officers questioned the pickup driver, who was not arrested or cited.

Anyone with information about the death was asked to contact the CHP’s
Temecula office at 951-506-2000. Copyright 2023, City News Service, Inc.

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