Pedestrian Juan Martinez Tovar, 79, killed in collision at Brookhurst Street and Hamilton Avenue in Huntington Beach, California
Pedestrian killed in Huntington Beach traffic collision
Based on their preliminary investigation, police believe the man, a transient, was crossing southbound on Brookhurst, against a traffic signal, when he was struck by a Chrysler Sebring traveling eastbound on Hamilton.
Pedestrian struck and killed
Paramedics arrived and pronounced the man deceased. The coroner indentified the man as Juan Martinez Tovar, 79, of Santa Ana.
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