FATAL HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT IN ARDENWOOD

By Harry Harris
FREMONT -- Police on Tuesday continued to search for the drivers of two vehicles who fled after hitting and fatally injuring a 56-year-old man Monday night as he crossed a busy street.
The man's name was not released pending notification of relatives.
The hit-and-run happened about 7:42 p.m. Monday on Ardenwood Boulevard just south of Highway 84.
Police said the man was crossing southbound Ardenwood Boulevard in an easterly direction outside a crosswalk when he was first struck by a light-colored mid-sized sport utility vehicle going southbound on Ardenwood.
The SUV knocked the man to the pavement and kept going, police said.
A second vehicle behind the SUV ran over the man and also kept going.
When police arrived on the scene some passers-by were administering CPR to the man. He was taken to Eden Hospital in Castro Valley where he died.
Anyone with information about the motorists who struck the man are asked to call police at 510-790-6760 or 510-790-6972.