Calif. pedestrian killed in police pursuit 18 (UPI) -- A sheriff's deputy in San Marcos, Calif., struck and killed a pedestrian while pursuing a suspected drunken driver Tuesday, a sheriff's spokeswoman said. The deputy had just started chasing a vehicle he spotted driving erratically and had not yet activated his emergency lights, when a man "stepped right out in front of him," spokeswoman Jan Caldwell said. The unnamed pedestrian died at the scene, and paramedics treated the deputy for a minor injury, U-T San Diego reported Tuesday. Cadlwell said the suspected drunken driver had not been located, the newspaper said.