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Authorities work to identify pedestrian killed on Highway 101
NORTH COAST, Calif. – The Mendocino County Sheriff-Coroner's Office is seeking help from the public in identifying a young man who was hit and killed by a motor vehicle earlier this week.
Lt. Shannon Barney said that shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday a pedestrian was struck and killed by a motor vehicle on Highway 101 between ReTech and Ukiah.
The decedent is believed to be a Hispanic male, estimated to be between 18 and 25 years, approximately 5 feet 2 inches to 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing approximately 140 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, Barney said.
Barney said the man was wearing black Nike low top tennis shoes, black jogger-style pants, a two-toned gray Reebok hooded sweatshirt and a light gray short-sleeved shirt with a pink flamingo print. He had no identification on his person.
Officials are asking anyone who might recognize the description or who might have information to please contact the Mendocino County Sheriff's Dispatch at 707-463-4086 or the Mendocino County Coroner's Office at 707-463-4421.
Barney said the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office would like to be able to contact and notify the decedent's next of kin and return his remains to his family.