Police are searching for the driver of a car that hit and killed a 100-year-old man in Oakland on Sunday morning.
The collision was reported just after 7 a.m. near the intersection of 19th and Harrison streets, near Snow Park and Lake Merritt.
Officers found the man with severe head trauma and emergency personnel provided aid, but he died at the scene. The centenarian, whose name was not released, was a resident of Oakland.
The vehicle that hit him fled the scene and is a tan or white Mini Cooper, according to police.
It’s not known if alcohol or drugs factored in the collision.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Oakland Police Department Traffic Investigation Unit at (510) 777-8570.
A hundred years old and get hit by a car. How sad is that? Then it’s another hit and run to boot. Now there’s some witnesses can’t tell if the car is tan or white. Maybe it is both.
We hardly knew ye…..