Police seek information on hit-and-run on Highway 74

Authorities are searching for the suspect in a hit-and-run accident in which a pedestrian was killed on a stretch of Highway 74 early this morning.

California Highway Patrol officers responded at 1:15 a.m. to Highway 74 just west of Cortrite Avenue in unincorporated Riverside County. The area is a rural stretch of road west of Winchester Road. A 57-year-old female pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene, and the driver of the vehicle had fled the scene.

Evidence led CHP investigators to believe the vehicle was a 1997-2001 Honda CR-V, possibly black in color.

Anyone with information about this accident should contact the CHP at 951-506-2000. The CHP reminds pedestrians to wear bright-colored clothing and to walk on the far right-hand edge of the roadway if there is no sidewalk available.