A man who was struck and killed by a pickup while walking in the middle of a Menifee street was identified Saturday.
The fatality occurred at about 4:20 a.m. Friday at the intersection of Menifee and Wickered roads, according to the Menifee Police Department.
Lt. Denise Keith said the victim was in the middle of southbound lanes on Menifee Road when a Dodge Ram approached at an undetermined speed.
Keith said the driver did not see the victim, “who was wearing non-reflective clothing,” and plowed into him on the dark stretch of road.
The motorist, who was not injured, stopped and called 911.
Paramedics from the Riverside County Fire Department pronounced the pedestrian dead at the scene.
He was identified Saturday as 57-year-old Eliazar Garcia of Menifee.
“The preliminary investigation suggests that neither alcohol nor drugs were a factor for the driver,” Keith said.
Anyone with additional information about the death was asked to contact the police department’s Traffic Unit at 951-723-1690.