Man Walking in Street Killed by Pickup Truck
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VENTURA — A man walking in the street was killed when a small pickup truck struck him early Thursday, authorities said.
Randall Anthony Betancourt, 20, of Oxnard was staggering along the sidewalk of Ash Street before walking into the traffic lanes on Main Street about 2 a.m., witnesses told Ventura police.
Police said Betancourt may have been intoxicated.
Witnesses added that several vehicles nearly struck Betancourt before the truck hit him, authorities said.
The truck’s driver, Paul Crow, 20, of Ventura, was not cited, but the accident remains under investigation, police said.
Witnesses are asked to call Cpl. John Turner, traffic investigator for the Ventura Police Department, at 339-4435.
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