A 73-year-old man who was struck and fatally injured by a car had stepped onto the street from a raised median, Long Beach police reported Tuesday.
The man, whose name was withheld pending family notification, was struck about 5:15 p.m. Monday in the 6000 block of Long Beach Boulevard and died at a hospital.
The pedestrian “was attempting to cross Long Beach Boulevard eastbound through a raised center median with vegetation, when he stepped out into the No. 1 lane” and was struck by a 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis, according to a Long Beach Police Department statement. “The pedestrian was outside of a crosswalk when he entered the northbound No. 1 lane of Long Beach Boulevard.”
The motorist, a 68-year-old Los Angeles man, remained at the scene and was released pending further investigation, police said.
Anyone with information on the case was urged to call Detective Sirilo Garcia at (562) 570-7355, or Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS.
–City News Service