Vallejo PD search for 2 people connected to deadly hit-and-run

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VALLEJO, Calif. (KTVU) - Vallejo officers are searching for two people who they believe have information regarding a deadly hit-and-run.

According to Vallejo Police, officers responded Aug. 11 at 11:07 p.m. after a vehicle hit a pedestrian in the 400 block of Sonoma Blvd.

Matthew David Bennett, 47, of Richmond had been hit and killed by a car traveling south on Sonoma Boulevard.

Police spoke with witnesses and began searching for a vehicle and driver. They found the vehicle believed to be connected to the crash on Thursday abandoned in Vallejo. They later arrested a Richmond resident suspected of being involved in the incident.

Vallejo police are stills searching for two people they believe have information regarding Bennett's death.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Vallejo Police Department Traffic Division at  707-648-4014.