Pedestrian Hospitalized in Hit-and-Run

Investigators were searching today for a suspect who hit a pedestrian with his car and sped away.

The victim, Robert Kemp, of Hemet, was crossing Rancho California Road with two friends just west of the crosswalk at Ynez Road around 10 p.m. Monday when he was hit on the eastbound side, according to sheriff's Cpl. Brian De Loss.

Kemp was rushed to a hospital with serious head trauma, but he should live, De Loss said. "He is expected to survive," the corporal wrote in an announcement.

Police officials were on the lookout today for the suspect. "The driver of the unknown vehicle failed to stop at the collision as required by law," De Loss wrote.

The corporal asked anybody with information on the crime to call the Temecula Police Department's Traffic Division at 951-696-3000.