Crime & Safety
Pedestrian Fatally Struck By Vehicle Near Vista ID'd
Awet Yosief Habtezghi, 38, was walking along South Santa Fe Avenue when he was struck near Montgomery Drive around 7:45 p.m. Friday.
VISTA, CA – Authorities Monday publicly identified a pedestrian who was fatally struck by a vehicle just outside of Vista.
Awet Yosief Habtezghi, 38, was walking along South Santa Fe Avenue when he was struck near Montgomery Drive around 7:45 p.m. Friday, according to the California Highway Patrol and the county Medical Examiner's Office.
Habtezghi died at the scene from multiple blunt force injuries, authorities said.
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The driver of the vehicle involved in the crash stopped afterward, a CHP officer said.
By City News Service / Patch file photo
