SANTA ANA — Santa Ana police were investigating the death of a man who was in a fight and then run over by a car Monday night.
It was just after 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 25, when officers were called about a pedestrian who had been the victim of a hit and run, said Santa Ana Cmdr. Matt Sorenson.
Once at the scene at Centennial Park on Edinger Avenue, witnesses told investigators they had seen the victim in a fight with another person.
The suspect hit the victim with an unknown object in the upper body and then ran over him with a car, Sorenson said. Paramedics took the victim to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Details about the altercation or a description of the suspect were not immediately available.