Officials have publicly identified a man who was killed a week ago in a hit-and-run accident in Oceanside.
Josiah Baker, 43, was walking in the roadway in the 3000 block of Oceanside Boulevard shortly before 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 25 when a pickup truck struck him from behind, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Following the fatal impact, the motorist drove off, the agency reported.
Baker died at the scene from blunt-force trauma to the head, neck and torso.
The medical examiner released no community of residence for Baker.
