A man riding a scooter in Santa Rosa was hit and killed by an SUV while crossing an intersection Friday morning, authorities said.
The Santa Rosa Police Department said in a press release that officers responded at about 8:11 a.m. to a report of a collision involving a pedestrian and a vehicle at the intersection of Santa Rosa Avenue and El Portal Way. When officers arrived, they found a person dead at the scene, police said.
Investigators determined that the 61-year-old victim was on a motorized scooter traveling northbound on Santa Rosa Avenue when a Chevrolet Tahoe, making a left turn from a parking lot onto southbound Santa Rosa Avenue, struck the scooter rider, police said…