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Police Search for Driver Who Killed Pedestrian

From Times Staff and Wire Reports

Police are searching for a driver they say struck a pedestrian and dragged him 150 feet to his death early Sunday morning.

Police say Juan Carlos Castillo Gutierrez, 21, was struck by a black vehicle about 2 a.m. on 16th Street between Pine and Pacific avenues. He died at the scene.

Police believe the same driver plowed into a parked car Sunday morning on Chestnut Avenue.

Anyone with any information is asked to call Long Beach police at (562) 570-7355.

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