A pedestrian killed by a hit-and-run driver earlier this week was identified as a 44-year-old resident of Lake Elsinore, authorities said. Joshua Nichols was struck shortly before 1 a.m. by a driver who remained at large on Thursday,

LAKE ELSINORE — A person was struck by a vehicle and killed in a hit-and-run collision early Tuesday in Lake Elsinore.

A pedestrian was struck and killed on a Lake Elsinore roadway early Tuesday, the motorist fled from the scene.

A pedestrian was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Lake Elsinore early Tuesday morning and authorities are still searching for the suspect. Deputies were dispatched to reports of a crash at Riverside Drive just west of Baker Street at around 12:55 a.