A SANTA CRUZ MAN HAS DIED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A VEHICLE LAST (THURS) NIGHT. OFFICIALS SAY THE 49-YEAR-OLD MAN HAD LEFT A LIQUOR STORE AND WAS STARTING TO CROSS MISSION STREET WHEN HE WAS HIT BY THE VEHICLE AT AROUND 10 P-M. THE MAN WAS TAKEN TO DOMINICAN HOSPITAL AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD SHORTLY AFTERWARD. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE IS COOPERATING WITH INVESTIGATORS. POLICE CLOSED MISSION STREET, BETWEEN FAIR AVENUE AND SWIFT STREET, FOR FOUR HOURS DURING THE INVESTIGATION.
