A Surfside couple was arrested Sunday evening after a hit-and-run left a 66-year-old man dead near a Huntington Beach shopping center and the wife of the driver tried to claim responsibility for the crash, police said.
According to the Huntington Beach Police Department, officers responded around 6:40 p.m. Sunday to Pacific Coast Highway and 24th Street where a man was down in the roadway with injuries that indicated he was struck by a vehicle. The man was pronounced dead at the scene but the driver had fled, police said.
Kimberly Burch, 39, and her husband, Daniel Burch, 37, were both arrested after Kimberly Burch returned to the scene and confessed to being the driver, something that officers ultimately determined to be untrue, according to police.
Jennifer Carey, a spokesperson for the Huntington Beach Police Department, said that through the course of their conversation with Kimberly Burch, officers found out that Daniel Burch was driving the 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee southbound on PCH when it hit the 66-year-old man. The victim has not been identified by police.
Carey said that Kimberly Burch returned to the scene about 15 minutes after officers were on the scene and Daniel Burch returned approximately two and a half hours later. The department is still investigating if drugs or alcohol played a role in the crash.
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