A deadly accident on Saturday evening close to the San Quentin exit on I-580 may very well be a hit-and-run, a California Freeway Patrol spokesman stated.
A number of witnesses reported seeing an individual mendacity within the highway simply earlier than midnight close to the strategy to the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. One automobile stopped and placed on its blinkers to forestall different visitors from hitting the physique.
The freeway patrol is investigating two incidents it believes are related. In a single, a 2005 Nissan Murano touring on the westbound aspect hit the concrete heart barrier, spun out and wound up on the eastbound aspect’s proper shoulder. Close to the place it got here to relaxation was the place the physique was discovered.
“It appears to be like just like the car that struck him fled. We've got no description of that car proper now; it was seen headed east on 580 towards Oakland,” says Marin CHP’s Darrel Horner.
A photograph ID discovered on the scene bears a detailed resemblance to an individual who was within the Murano, says Horner, although the freeway patrol has not confirmed it was him.