Authorities released the name of 62-year-old Richard Floyd Nichols as the man who lost his life after being struck by a vehicle while crossing a busy Kearny Mesa street against a red light on Tuesday morning.
As per the initial investigation, the pedestrian was walking south in a crosswalk on Clairemont Mesa Boulevard at the intersection with Mercury Street at around 5:40 a.m. Just then, a Subaru traveling west on Clairemont Mesa Boulevard hit him.
The driver of the vehicle, a 40-year-old man, had a green light. On arrival, medics rushed him to Sharp Memorial Hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries at 6:20 a.m. The county Medical Examiner’s Office identified the pedestrian on Tuesday evening as Richard Floyd Nichols.
The auto-pedestrian accident is under investigation.
September 8, 2021
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
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