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Pedestrian Killed on I-580 ID'd As Oakland Man
The man who hit hit pulled over and called 9-1-1.
OAKLAND, CA - A man killed when he was hit by a pickup truck while walking on Interstate Highway 580 early Friday morning was identified by the Alameda County coroner's bureau today as 26-year-old Oakland resident Miguel Perez Pedroza.
Pedroza was walking in the eastbound lanes of I-580 near Keller Avenue at 1:15 a.m. when he was hit by a 2001 Chevy pickup driven by a 41-year-old Oakland man, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The driver pulled over and called 911. Emergency responders found Pedroza in the highway's right shoulder and pronounced him dead there.
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The truck driver stayed at the scene and is cooperating with investigators. He had not been drinking or doing drugs, according to the CHP.
--Bay City News; Image via Shutterstock
