Pedestrian hit, killed crossing Beach Boulevard in Huntington Beach

HUNTINGTON BEACH – A 59-year-old man crossing Beach Boulevard in Huntington Beach, apparently outside a crosswalk, was hit by a car on Friday night and later died, police said.

At 10:49 p.m., officers responded to a crash near Blaylock Drive and found the pedestrian on the sidewalk, said Sgt. Eric Warken of the Huntington Beach Police Department.

He sustained major trauma and was transported to the UCI Medical Center, where he died, Warken said.

The man, from Midway City, was crossing Beach Boulevard when he struck by a northbound 1999 black and purple Saturn driven by a 52-year-old Huntington Beach woman. “It appears the pedestrian was not in a crosswalk when he was struck by the driver,” Warken said in a statement.

Any witnesses are asked to call Huntington Beach Police Officer J. Gasteiger at 714-960-8811 or Accident Investigator A. Turner at 714-536-5670.

The area was the site of two pedestrian deaths on the same night earlier this year. The pedestrians were struck and killed on March 10 while walking outside crosswalks on Beach Boulevard, one near Slater Avenue, the other near Warner Avenue.

At that time, Warken described the area where the collisions happened as well lit, with crosswalks reasonably spaced from each other.