1 dead in parking lot collision near Home Depot in Costa Mesa

A pedestrian was hit and killed by a vehicle Tuesday in the parking lot near the lumber area at the Home Depot in Costa Mesa.

By Hillary Davis

and Sara Cardine

June 23, 2020 5:10 PM PT

A man is dead after being struck by a car Tuesday in a Costa Mesa parking lot.

Police responded to the Home Depot, 2300 Harbor Blvd., just before noon on a call of a vehicle versus two pedestrians in the parking lot near the lumber area, said Costa Mesa police spokeswoman Roxi Fyad.

Two men who appeared to be in their 30s or 40s had been hit. Both were taken to a nearby hospital, where one was pronounced dead. The Orange County coroner identified him as Juan Martinez Hernandez, 49.

The second man suffered non-life threatening injuries.

The driver stayed at the scene and cooperated with police, Fyad said. No arrests have been made, and police are still investigating.

Police had no further details.

Costa Mesa police investigate the scene of a fatal collision at the Home Depot in Costa Mesa on June 23.

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Hillary Davis

Hillary Davis covered the city of Newport Beach for the Daily Pilot until she left in August 2020. She joined the Pilot in February 2017 after spending 10 years reporting for newspapers across Arizona, where she was a six-time finalist for the Arizona Press Club’s Community Journalist of the Year. She earned a master’s degree in mass communication from Arizona State University and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Arizona.

Sara Cardine

Sara Cardine covers the city of Costa Mesa for the Daily Pilot. She comes from the La Cañada Valley Sun, where she spent six years as the news reporter covering La Cañada Flintridge and recently received a first-place Public Service Journalism award from the California News Publishers Assn. She’s also worked at the Pasadena Weekly, Stockton Record and Lodi-News Sentinel, which instilled in her a love for community news. (714) 966-4627

1 dead in parking lot collision near Home Depot in Costa Mesa

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