LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The California Highway Patrol is asking for the community’s assistance in identifying the driver responsible for fatally injuring a pedestrian in a Thursday morning crash and then fleeing the scene.
The CHP’s Clear Lake Area office said Carl Curtis Knight, 59, of Clearlake died as a result of the crash.
Knight was crossing Highway 29, south of Orchard Street in Lower Lake, at 6:30 a.m. Thursday, when conditions were reported to be dark, the CHP said.
The CHP said Knight was walking from the west side of the roadway at the Power Mart towards the east side of the roadway when a vehicle hit him while he was in the No. 2 northbound lane of Highway 53.
The driver of the vehicle that hit Knight then fled the scene, according to the CHP’s Friday evening report.
Knight was transported to Adventist Health Clear Lake Hospital where he succumbed to injuries resulting from the collision, the CHP said.
If anyone has any information as to who the driver of the involved vehicle is or the location of the involved vehicle, please contact the Clear Lake CHP office at 707-279-0103.
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Hit-and-run crash kills pedestrian; CHP seeks leads on responsible driver
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