A man discovered lying in the middle of the road in El Cerrito Friday night has died, San Diego Police say.
At 8:20 p.m., someone called 911 to report a body at 54th and Lea streets.
When police arrived, they saw a man in the road. Paramedics tried to revive him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Shoes and a skateboard were found near his body. Investigators are trying to piece together what happened and if the young man was a victim of a hit-and-run.
The San Diego Police Department says witnesses reported seeing the young man cross the street with a skateboard. For unknown reasons, he laid down in one of the lanes.
An oncoming car swerved to avoid hitting the man, but a second vehicle was unable to do the same and wound up running over the man.
That second car did not stop after the collision, police confirmed.
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It is unclear if police are treating this case as a hit-and-run. A description of the vehicle that hit the man was not immediately released. The name of the young man who died has also not yet been released.
