"ANTIOCH - An investigator for the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office drove a car that fatally hit a 27-year-old man who was suspected of pulling a fire alarm and punching a security guard minutes earlier, police said. It all happened Monday about 10:35 a.m. in an incident that began at a motel in the 2400 block of Mahogany Way and ended with the fatality on Highway 4."
"Whitaker said officers received a call from security personnel at the motel that a man had pulled a fire alarm and hit a security guard, who then pursued him in the area behind medical offices on Delta Fair Boulevard. Officers found the guard there. At some point, the suspect then jumped a fence and ran onto Highway 4. That's when the on-duty investigator from the CCCDA hit him, Whitaker said."
"Authorities did not identify the dead man immediately, citing the investigation. In a statement, Lt. Bill Whitaker said Antioch police are investigating the case along with the California Highway Patrol. The CCCDA also is investigating, the standard protocol for any death that happens during an active incident. That investigator and Antioch police rendered immediate aid after the collision, Whitaker said. The man died at the scene."
A man allegedly pulled a motel fire alarm and struck a security guard, who pursued him behind nearby medical offices. The suspect jumped a fence and ran onto Highway 4. An on-duty investigator from the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office, driving in the area by chance, struck the suspect on the highway. The investigator had not been involved in the earlier motel incident. Antioch police and the California Highway Patrol are investigating, and the CCCDA is conducting a separate review as standard protocol for any death during an active incident. The man died at the scene; his identity was not released.
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