Man in sleeping bag run over by car in Berkeley’s Aquatic Park

BERKELEY, Calif. – A man in a sleeping bag was struck and killed by a car on Wednesday morning in Berkeley, according to a witness.

Maurino Albenetya witnessed what happened: A 69-year-old man was sleeping in a dirt area near the parking lot of a waste facility in Aquatic Park at about 4:30 a.m. when the driver of a car struck him.

Albenetyh said he tried pushing the car to get it off the man in the sleeping bag, who was alive at first.

But after about five minutes, he said the man appeared to have died.

The driver, identified as 40-year-old Miguel Angel Davila-Huizar, was eventually arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence causing bodily injury, driving without a license, and gross vehicular manslaughter, according to Berkeley police.

Davila-Huizar is being held on $140,000 bail.

Bay City News contributed to this report.