LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — An elderly man was hit and killed while walking along Highway 29 on Tuesday morning, the latest victim in a series of fatal incidents involving vehicles over the past week and a half.
Pending family notification, the California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office did not identify the 90-year-old Kelseyville man in its report on the crash, which occurred at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday.
The CHP said the pedestrian was crossing Highway 29 north of Seigler Canyon Road, walking eastbound from the northbound No. 1 lane to the northbound No. 2 lane.
Antonio Ceja, 44, of Yuba City, was driving a 2024 Kenworth truck northbound in the No. 2 lane at 55 miles per hour, the CHP said.
As Ceja approached the pedestrian’s location, the CHP said the man continued walking eastbound in the No. 2 lane.
The report said Ceja was late to see the pedestrian walk directly into the path of his truck, and the left front side of the truck hit the pedestrian, killing him.
The CHP said the crash remains under investigation by CHP Officer J. Mahorney.
The Tuesday crash involving the pedestrian is the fifth traffic fatality over the past week and a half and the second involving a pedestrian.
The other fatal involving a pedestrian occurred on Feb. 4 on Highway 20 in Nice, where the woman was crossing the road from Robinson Rancheria’s casino to Pomo Pumps.
Just since Friday, three motorists have died in crashes, including a solo-vehicle rollover on Friday afternoon and a head-on double-fatal on Monday morning near Upper Lake.
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Elderly man hit and killed by truck
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