An investigation was continuing Monday into the death of a pedestrian in a hit-and-run crash in Coachella.
The Riverside County sheriff’s coroner’s office identified the victim as Jorge Guillen, 50, of Coachella.
According to the California Highway Patrol, officers responded to the hit-and-run call at 6:30 p.m. Saturday on Grapefruit Boulevard south of 54th Avenue, where a black GMC Terrain fatally struck the pedestrian, who was found lying on the right dirt shoulder of Grapefruit Boulevard.
Paramedics took Guillen to John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Indio, where he was pronounced dead.
There was no immediate information available about the driver, who fled the scene, police said.
Anyone with additional information about the fatal crash was urged to contact 760-772-8911.