Costa Mesa police asked for the public’s help Friday tracking down a hit-and-run driver who killed a man in a wheelchair.
Police were called about 11:30 p.m. Thursday to Newport Boulevard and Industrial Way about the hit-and-run collision, according to Roxi Fyad of the Costa Mesa Police Department.
The victim, a 50-year-old man whose name was not immediately released, was knocked out of his wheelchair, Fyad said. The victim was taken to a hospital, where he later died, she said.
Police were looking for a 2009-2010 black Toyota Highlander that investigators suspect has front-end damage, Fyad said.
Anyone with surveillance video or who witnessed the collision were asked to contact police traffic investigator Luis Gomez at 714-754-5264.