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MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A antheral was killed aft being deed by a suspected drunk operator successful Hilmar precocious Friday night, Merced CHP announced.
According to the California Highway Patrol, conscionable aft 11:20 p.m. they received reports of a pedestrian who was deed by a dark-colored Chevrolet Silverado pickup motortruck traveling astatine a precocious complaint of velocity southbound connected Highway 165 adjacent Third Street successful Hilmar.
Officers study the 64-year-old antheral was pronounced deceased by exigency personnel. He has not been identified.
Around 11:40 p.m. a Los Banos CHP sergeant stopped a pickup motortruck with front-end harm southbound connected Highway 165 astatine Henry Miller Avenue. CHP Merced officers responded and yet arrested the driver, identified arsenic 40-year-old Angel Ortega of Los Banos.
Investigators study Ortega was driving southbound connected Highway 165, northbound of Third Street, astatine a precocious complaint of velocity erstwhile the 65-year-old antheral was walking successful the southbound lane. The unfortunate seemingly saw oncoming postulation and tried to tally crossed the lanes.
Ultimately, CHP says the beforehand of the motortruck deed the pedestrian, throwing him into the aerial earlier landing connected the eastbound enarthrosis of Highway 165. Ortega past continued connected astatine a precocious complaint of velocity earlier helium was stopped.
Officers study Ortega was determined to beryllium nether the power of intoxicant and/or drugs and was booked connected charges of murder, felony DUI, and felony hit-and-run.
