Fatal hit & run near my home

The body of a pedestrian was found in a ditch by a passerby at 07:40 Monday morning. He was apparently hit by the side mirror of a ‘truck’. The article doesn’t say if it was a semi-trailer, or a pick-up. Could’ve been either one. It happened on the road between the freeway and my home on the beach. I know right where it happened. It was by the Babe Ke.

The article I linked to in the first line says the guy may have been there for days. That road can be pretty busy, and it’s dark at night. I suspect the hit-and-run happened ‘in the middle of the night’.

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Is it possible the truck driver wasn’t even aware he had struck someone?

It’s possible, even if it was a large pick-up I suppose. If it was a semi, I could see how it could happen in the daytime (the more likely time for semi traffic), and maybe no one saw it.

Very doubtful. The guy that hit me only stopped because of the sound. He didn’t feel the hit.

How do they know it was the side mirror that struck him?

Hm. The link in the OP seems to have gone bad. Try copying and pasting this link:

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/crime/article150800572.html

Well I guess that makes it unlikely the driver was unaware, unless he was drunk or something.

There has been an arrest.

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/crime/article150995887.html