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• Pedestrian Killed in Hit-and-Run Incident on Fifth Street in Eureka

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Press release from the Eureka Police Department:

On March 4, 2023, at approximately 3:15 p.m., EPD’s Communication Center received a call from a citizen in McKinleyville stating they had located the suspect vehicle. The vehicle was parked in an open parking lot and was unoccupied at the time of the call. EPD requested the assistance of the California Highway Patrol who responded to the scene to secure the vehicle. An EPD officer and two detectives were dispatched to the location and took over the investigation. Upon their arrival they confirmed this was the vehicle involved in the collision.

As detectives processed the vehicle, they were contacted by the vehicle’s owner. An interview was conducted with the owner, Jose Guzman Jimenez, 53 years old from Eureka, which revealed he was the driver of the vehicle at the time of the collision.

Jose Guzman was placed under arrest and transported and booked at the Humboldt County Jail for a violation of felony hit and run involving a death. This is still an ongoing investigation and we are asking for any witnesses to the collision to contact the Eureka Police Department.

The Eureka Police Department would like to thank the observant citizen who located the vehicle and the California Highway Patrol for their assistance with this investigation.