Updated June 10, 10:19 a.m. with video link–
After finding a seriously injured man lying in the street around 3 a.m. Sunday, Citrus Heights police are requesting assistance from the public to aid in their investigation.
Police said officers were called out to the 7200 block of Carriage Drive on the morning of June 7 and found the man in the roadway “with injuries consistent with being run over by a vehicle,” according to a police statement Tuesday morning. The man was taken to a local hospital with “major injuries,” but police said he is expected to survive.
Officers found no other involved people or vehicles in the area — located near Mesa Verde High School and Sylvan Middle School — and an extensive canvas of the neighborhood in search of possible witnesses or evidence was unsuccessful.
Although an investigation is still ongoing, police said they are currently “unable to determine” whether the incident happened at the location where the man was found, or if it may have occurred somewhere else. It is also unknown if the incident was intentional or not.
“We are looking for witnesses who may have seen or heard anything unusual or suspicious in the area of Carriage Drive in Citrus Heights around 3 a.m. the morning of June 7,” police said in a statement authored by Sergeant David Gutierrez. “We would also like to know if anyone has heard anyone speaking of an incident involving a pedestrian and a vehicle or has observed unexplained new damage to any vehicles.”
[Update: According to a Fox40 news report Tuesday night, the injured man’s bride-to-be has come forward, saying the two had planned their wedding for this Saturday. She said he doesn’t remember anything that happened, but was hit while coming home from his bachelor party. See news video here]
Police ask that anyone with information about this incident contact the Citrus Heights Police Department at 916-727-5500.
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