LANCASTER – Detectives Saturday are investigating the death of man in a wheelchair who was fatally struck by a dark SUV while crossing the road in Lancaster.
Deputies from the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station responded at 11 p.m. Friday to Sierra Highway and Milling Street, where they learned a man driving an SUV north on Sierra Highway struck the victim while he was crossing the intersection east to west, said Det. Jorge Diaz of the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station.
The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.
Anyone with information regarding this collision is asked to call traffic investigators at the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station at 661-948-8466.