Authorities identify man killed in hit-and-run in Palm Desert
Authorities today identified a man who was killed in a hit-and-run collision in Palm Desert and found dead on a roadway.
He was identified by the Riverside County coroner's office as 48-year-old Francisco Rojas of Palm Desert.
Deputies from the Palm Desert Sheriff's Station responded at 10:16 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a vehicle-versus-pedestrian hit-and-run collision near Country Club and Barrington drives, according to Sgt. Matt Martinez of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.
Martinez said that, upon arrival, deputies found the victim on the eastbound lanes of Country Club Drive. Rojas was pronounced dead at 10:19 p.m., according to coroner's officials.
"There is no suspect in custody and it is unknown if alcohol and/or drugs were a factor in the collision,'' Martinez wrote in a statement.
The Palm Desert Traffic Collision Reconstruction Team was investigating.
Anyone with information on the case was asked to call Deputy Broughton of the Palm Desert sheriff's station at 760-836-1600.
