Riverside County Sheriff's Office officials report that Riverside Sheriff’s Lake Elsinore Traffic Team continued the investigation into the fatal collision resulting in the death of 44-year-old Joshua Nichols.

Police had sought the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect and car in a Feb. 18 hit-and-run that killed 44-year-old Joshua Nichols.

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,

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.m., according to a statement from the Riverside County Sheriff's Office.

Authorities are searching for a suspect after a man was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Riverside County. On Feb. 18, Lake Elsinore sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of a man lying on the roadway on Riverside Drive,

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