Name of Rowland Heights man fatally struck by SUV on Colima Road released

ROWLAND HEIGHTS — Coroner’s officials Sunday released the name of a 28-year-old Rowland Heights man fatally struck by an SUV after apparently lying down in a traffic lane on Colima Road.
Earl Tyrone Bourne II died was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident, which was reported about 12:20 a.m. Saturday on Colima Road, just west of Otterbein Avenue, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner Investigator Dana Bee said. An autopsy was pending to determine his official cause of death.
Preliminary investigation determined a 21-year-old woman was driving a 2003 Dodge Durango east on Colima Road in the right-hand lane when, for reasons that remained under investigation, Bourne stepped off the sidewalk and lay down in the lane ahead of the Durango, California Highway Patrol officials said in a written statement.
The woman was cited on suspicion of misdemeanor driving under the influence following the incident and released, according to officials and county booking records.

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