Overview
- Police say a man in a wheelchair was struck and killed while using a marked crosswalk at Westover Drive and Telephone Road around 10 p.m. Friday.
- Officers responded to the scene, the victim was taken to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead, and his name has not been released.
- Witnesses and officers reported the driver did not stop; police described the vehicle as a small white sedan and are treating the case as a fatal hit-and-run.
- Investigators processed the intersection overnight, collected evidence that included wreckage from the wheelchair seen in scene video, and reopened the road by about 5 a.m.
- HPD is scanning nearby surveillance and reviewing video to identify the car and driver, and further updates or an arrest could follow as investigators trace the vehicle.