LAKEPORT, Calif. — The Lakeport Police Department reported that a pedestrian died on Sunday night after being struck by a vehicle.
The agency said that at 7 p.m. Sunday a Lakeport Police officer was driving eastbound on 11th Street near North Street when they observed a beige 2002 Chevy Tahoe collide with a pedestrian that was walking westbound in the roadway on Eleventh St.
The officer immediately requested emergency medical aid for the involved parties and blocked the westbound lane of 11th Street with their patrol vehicle.
However, despite lifesaving efforts, the pedestrian was declared dead at the scene, police said.
Police have so far not released the name of the pedestrian or the driver pending notification of the decedent’s next of kin.
The Tahoe’s driver, contacted by police at the scene, was determined to not be under the influence of drugs or alcohol, police said.
Police also determined the driver was not driving their vehicle in an unsafe manner at the time of the collision.
It will not be known if drugs or alcohol were a factor with the pedestrian until completion of a coroner’s investigation including toxicology testing, police said.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle in Lakeport dies
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