A hit-and-run driver lost control of his pickup and hit two pedestrians, killing one and gravely injuring the other in Paradise Hills Saturday night, San Diego police said.

The driver took off on foot, but witnesses followed and directed officers to him. The 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs.

A 67-year-old man trapped under the truck died and a 55-year-old woman was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, police said.

The deadly crash occurred on Parkside Avenue at Beatrice Street about 6:30 p.m.


One person called police and said gunshots had been fired and a vehicle had hit a home. Police couldn’t verify that any gun had been fired, but they found a man trapped beneath the Dodge pickup.

The pickup did not hit the house, police said.

The driver had been going east on Parkside, missed a curve in the road and rolled onto the north sidewalk, police said.

Two people were walking along the sidewalk at that moment and were hit. The driver walked away. It wasn’t clear how far he got before police caught up to him.


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