SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A man who died in a hit-and-run crash after riding his sports scooter last Friday in La Jolla has been identified.
Preliminary information from the San Diego Police Department stated the man was driving a 2023 Yamaha XMAX sport scooter northbound in the 3200 block of Torrey Pines Road last Friday around 9 p.m.
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For unknown reasons, his scooter struck the median barrier and the impact sent the man into the southbound lanes of traffic. He was then run over by an unknown vehicle, whose driver fled the scene before police arrived.
The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the scooter rider as 24-year-old Samy Allal of Oceanside. Despite lifesaving efforts by law enforcement and fire personnel, he was pronounced dead around 9:15 p.m…