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16 Year-Old Janesville Boy Killed in Johnstonville Road Hit-and-Run Collision

chpincidentAn unidentified Janesville boy was struck and killed by a motorist Tuesday evening along Johnstonville Road east of the Skyline Road intersection.

According to the CHP’s incident report, 61 year-old Susanville resident Juan Ruiz Esqueda was driving his 2002 Chevrolet pickup westbound shortly after 7:00p.m. At the same time a 16 year-old Janesville resident was walking westbound on or near the right shoulder.

For unknown reasons the left front of Esqueda’s vehicle collided with pedestrian. After the collision, according to the CHP, Esqueda fled the scene in the pickup and was arrested later that evening.

Esqueda sustained no injuries and the pedestrian sustained fatal injuries as a result of this collision, which is still under investigation by the CHP.

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