UPDATE: Victim in National City hit-and-run crash is now dead

NATIONAL CITY, CA – A young father has died from wounds he sustained during a hit-and-run crash Friday in National City, according to KGTV.

The victim, a skateboarder, was severely brain damaged in the accident, which happened on Palm Avenue around 12:30 a.m.

The female driver of a black Mitsubishi Galant, according to witness and police reports, struck the victim and then fled the scene, leaving the victim lying in the roadway.

Police are still searching for the driver, whose Mitsubishi has a missing mirror and damage to its front end.

A GoFundMe has been started to help pay for the victim’s medical bills and funeral.

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Ross Jurewitz is the founder and managing lawyer of the Jurewitz Law Group, a San Diego personal injury attorney law firm. These San Diego injury accident lawyers specialize in helping people seriously injured in a variety of accidents throughout San Diego County and California.

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