An 18-year-old man from Concord who died in a hit-and-run in 2020 is being honored in the Rose Parade in Southern California on New Year’s Day for his decision to donate his organs when he got his driver’s license prior to being killed.

Joseph Barratt died days after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in February 2020 in the area of the Port Chicago Highway on-ramp to eastbound state Highway 4. The California Highway Patrol is investigating the collision and has not announced any arrest in the case in the intervening years.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.