Driver Flees Scene After Pedestrian Struck and Killed in Covelo
At 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.
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This a$$hole WILL BE Caught eventually!!! When he is I’m hoping they throw the book at the SORRY POS!!!!!
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 .
Skinwalkers, great term, got skindrivers too. Hillerman described them well.
[edit] This man is my uncle and he wasn’t a fucking tweaker . [edit]
Law enforcement 11 hours on the scene? That’s no accident.
Covelo stays in the headlines
Covelo seems like such a nice place.
One man’s heaven is another man’s hell.
Kym, please follow up on this story. It was no “accident”.
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!!