OPD investigates pedestrian death on SR200

[Photo courtesy OPD]

Around 7 a.m. Nov. 20, Ocala Police Department officers responded to the 4400 block of Southwest College Road after they received a report of a person who appeared to have been hit and killed by a vehicle. Officers found a 28-year-old man deceased near a retention pond by the AT&T store.

The investigation suggests the man was crossing SR200 northbound on an e-bike when a westbound vehicle struck him. The exact time of the crash is still unknown, the news release noted.

According to the PIO for OPD, the deceased person is Mariano Raymundo. He resides in Ocala and was last seen leaving Las Margaritas restaurant last night. This makes the eighth pedestrian/bicyclist fatality for this year so far.

OPD is asking for the community’s help. Anyone with information is asked to call traffic homicide investigator Gallops at (352) 369-7000 or submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers of Marion County by calling (352) 368-STOP (7867) or texting **TIPS. Tips can be submitted online at ocalacrimestoppers.com