By Khalida Sarwari
A man was struck and killed while crossing the street in Capitola earlier this week, a police sergeant said today.
At about 6:30 p.m. Monday, Joe Deschetler, 56, parked his car and was crossing the street in the 900 block of Kennedy Drive when a car going west struck him, police Sgt. Cliff Sloma said.
Deschetler was transported to Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz with a severe head injury, Sloma said.
He was pronounced dead there later that night.
Deschetler was in the area visiting family, Sloma said.
The driver, a Capitola man in his 20s, has not been charged or cited, Sloma said.
Police are investigating the crash.