Driver Flees Scene After Pedestrian Struck and Killed in Covelo

Fatal hit and runAt approximately 1:40 a.m. scanner traffic indicated that law enforcement and medical personnel had been dispatched to the intersection of Henderson Road and Crawford Road in Covelo after a male pedestrian had been struck and killed by a vehicle which subsequently fled the scene.

At approximately 2:04 a.m. California Highway Patrol was directed to secure the scene and take photos.

As of 2:36 a.m., no description of the vehicle has been provided and the driver is still at-large.

California Highway Patrol requested Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office respond to the scene to process the fatality.

Considering the hour, we will reach out to our contact at the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office tomorrow morning to get further information.

Please remember that this story is unfolding. Information is being reported as we gather it. However, some of the information coming from witnesses and initial official reports could be wrong. We will do our best to get the facts but, in the case that something is inaccurate, we will update with correct information as soon as we can.

UPDATE: Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office Captain Greg Van Patten confirmed there is an “active death investigation at this time in Covelo” wherein “CHP and Sheriff’s detectives are working together to determine the circumstances that led to the adult man’s death.”
He added that “the investigators are early into their joint investigation and nothing more is available for public release at this time.”
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DILLIGAFF
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DILLIGAFF
2 years ago

This a$$hole WILL BE Caught eventually!!! When he is I’m hoping they throw the book at the SORRY POS!!!!!

Guests
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Guests
2 years ago

Drugged out zombies walking in the middle of the road all the time in covelo with no care for there life or others . Covelo skin walkers .

Trashman
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Trashman
2 years ago
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Skinwalkers, great term, got skindrivers too. Hillerman described them well.

Maryjane
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Maryjane
2 years ago
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[edit] This man is my uncle and he wasn’t a fucking tweaker . [edit]

Gavin'sComb
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Gavin'sComb
2 years ago

Law enforcement 11 hours on the scene? That’s no accident.

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2 years ago

Covelo stays in the headlines

farley
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farley
2 years ago

Covelo seems like such a nice place.

oognoog
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oognoog
2 years ago
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One man’s heaven is another man’s hell.

Gavin'sComb
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Gavin'sComb
2 years ago

Kym, please follow up on this story. It was no “accident”.

Maryjane
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Maryjane
2 years ago

Why tf approve of disrespectful comments like that dumbass ? This is my uncle and his death was no fucking accident!! They’ve arrested one piece of shit bitch , now just waiting for him to tell who else was apart of this! My uncle did no harm to anyone. He was a family man. And the pos who did this is his own cousin! We have the same last name! Bitch made ass mfks!! They all deserve worse than what they did to my uncle!!! Rest In Peace Uncle!! Fuck I cant comprehend this shit!!