Posted on Jan 19, 2025

Man fatally struck by hit-and-run driver on State Road 528

ALBUQUERQUE, NM - Albuquerque police are searching for the driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run incident last week.

A report by KOAT said officers were called to State Road 528 and Corrales Road, on a report of a fight in the area.   Police learned that a homeless man had tried to walk across State Road 528 after being removed from a restaurant, and was run over by a vehicle while lying in the roadway.

The man was killed in the collision.  The driver who hit him spoke with responding officers but then left the scene before he could be questioned by investigators.

The investigation is continuing.  Police said the vehicle they are looking for is a red 1981 Honda Civic.