LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Authorities are continuing their efforts to determine the circumstances behind a man's death on the side of Highway 20 from an apparent hit-and-run crash on Monday night.

On Friday Officer Kory Reynolds of the California Highway Patrol reported that the man who died in the incident has still not been positively identified.

Firefighters, CHP and sheriff's deputies were dispatched to the area of Highway 20 west of Saratoga Springs just after 9:30 p.m. Monday on the report of a possible pedestrian down on the south shoulder of the highway, Reynolds said.

Officers arriving on the scene determined the man was dead, according to Reynolds.

On Thursday, the CHP's Clear Lake Area office had a representative at the man's autopsy, Reynolds said.

He said the autopsy found that the man's cause of death was blunt force trauma caused by a motor vehicle collision. 

The CHP and the Lake County Sheriff's Office have started a joint investigation into the incident due to the lack of physical evidence at the scene, Reynolds said.

Authorities have said they also are trying to identify the vehicle that hit the man, which had left the scene by the time officers and deputies arrived.

Reynolds said the CHP is vigorously investigating the crash and is asking anyone with any information please contact the Clear Lake Area office at 707-279-0103.

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