Police interview witness
San Diego Police interview a witness beside the damage car. Courtesy OnScene.TV

A pedestrian was hospitalized Saturday morning with major head trauma he sustained when he was struck by a car in the Midway District.

The 38-year-old man was walking or running north across the 3300 block of Sports Arena Boulevard near East Drive  at midnight when he was struck by a 1988 Buick La Sabre driven by a 31-year-old man going westbound in the No. 3 lane, according to Officer Robert Heims of the San Diego Police Department.

The unidentified victim was taken to a hospital with major head trauma that is life threatening, Heims said.

Alcohol or marijuana impairment was not a factor, Heims said.

Anyone who witnessed the crash was asked to call the department’s traffic division at 858-495-7800.

Anonymous tips can be submitted through San Diego County Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.

— City News Service

Chris Jennewein is founder and senior editor of Times of San Diego.