SAN JACINTO (CNS) – A 32-year-old man suspected of running over and
killing a pedestrian in San Jacinto, then fleeing the scene, was being held
today in lieu of $75,000 bail.
Juan Carlos Rodriguez Salgado was arrested and booked into the Smith
Correctional Facility in Banning Monday on suspicion of hit-and-run resulting
in death.
According to Riverside County sheriff’s Sgt. Patrick Lynch, about 4
a.m. Monday, Salgado was driving at an undetermined speed along San Jacinto
Avenue, approaching Seventh Street, when he allegedly ran into the man, whose
name was not immediately released, walking on the street.
Security surveillance video cameras in front of area businesses,
pointed in the direction of the four-lane corridor, captured what occurred,
Lynch said.
He alleged that after hitting the victim, Salgado raced away.
A witness found the man lying in the street, “unconscious with
obvious head injuries,” and flagged down a passing patrol unit, Lynch said.
The sergeant said paramedics reached the location a short time later,
at which point the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
The video images were quickly downloaded by deputies, who verified the
car involved in the hit-and-run, the sergeant said.
“Subsequently, the vehicle and driver were located several blocks
away (on Evans Street),” the sheriff’s spokesman said. “Damage to the vehicle
was consistent with a pedestrian impact.”
Salgado was taken into custody without incident.
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