AUTHORITIES ID MAN KILLED IN FREMONT HIT-and-RUN

By Chris De Benedetti
Fremont Argus

FREMONT -- Authorities have identified the 56-year-old man who died in a hit-and-run accident involving two vehicles near the Newark-Fremont border Monday night.

Ralph Huerta was crossing Ardenwood Boulevard about 7:42 p.m., when he was struck by the vehicles, an Alameda County Coroner's Bureau official said.

Police said Huerta was first hit by a silver or light-colored sport utility vehicle going southbound on Ardenwood Boulevard, near Highway 84.

The SUV knocked him to the pavement and drove away, police said.

A car behind the SUV also ran over Huerta and kept going. Based on physical evidence found at the scene, police believe a 2003 to 2007 four-door Honda Accord was the second vehicle and sustained damage to its right front wheel area.

Huerta, a transient, was taken to Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley where he died.

Anyone with information about the incident are asked to call police at 510-790-6760 or 510-790-6972.