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Update: Coroner IDs man killed in hit-and-run

Police locate vehicle that they believe struck man

A man was killed by a hit-and-run driver Sunday morning, Feb. 26, in East Palo Alto.

Police say they were dispatched to the 2200 block of Ralmar Avenue at 10:08 a.m. to reports of a man being struck by a vehicle that fled the scene.

Officers found a 64-year-old unconscious man on the driveway of a residence. Three nearby vehicles were also struck and damaged.

The victim was transported to the hospital where he later died. The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner's Office identified the man as East Palo Alto resident Jose Asencio-Matias.

The vehicle police believe hit the man was found a block away, where it had collided with two more vehicles and a fence.

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Police ask anyone with information about the driver or the collisions contact Cmdr. David Carson at 650-853-3160.

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Update: Coroner IDs man killed in hit-and-run

Police locate vehicle that they believe struck man

by Tony Hicks / Bay City News Foundation /

Uploaded: Mon, Feb 27, 2023, 8:40 am
Updated: Fri, Mar 3, 2023, 10:23 am

A man was killed by a hit-and-run driver Sunday morning, Feb. 26, in East Palo Alto.

Police say they were dispatched to the 2200 block of Ralmar Avenue at 10:08 a.m. to reports of a man being struck by a vehicle that fled the scene.

Officers found a 64-year-old unconscious man on the driveway of a residence. Three nearby vehicles were also struck and damaged.

The victim was transported to the hospital where he later died. The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner's Office identified the man as East Palo Alto resident Jose Asencio-Matias.

The vehicle police believe hit the man was found a block away, where it had collided with two more vehicles and a fence.

Police ask anyone with information about the driver or the collisions contact Cmdr. David Carson at 650-853-3160.

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MyFeelz
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another community
on Feb 27, 2023 at 2:50 pm
MyFeelz, another community
Registered user
on Feb 27, 2023 at 2:50 pm

Not one iota of video? At 10:00 in the morning? Nobody awake, nobody with their camera pointed at the assailant? A hit and run of this magnitude, with the loss of a life, and nobody knows anything? I find that hard to believe.


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