The preliminary investigation indicated that a driver was pulling out of a parking lot near 8100 Northeast Parkway Drive, making an eastbound turn onto Parkway Drive, when they hit a man
Vancouver, Wash. – A 37-year-old man was fatally injured in a pedestrian crash Sunday in Vancouver.
According to the authorities, the wreck happened on February 18 near 8100 Northeast Parkway Drive.
The preliminary investigation indicated that a driver was pulling out of a parking lot near 8100 Northeast Parkway Drive, making an eastbound turn onto Parkway Drive, when they hit a man.
The man was transported to a hospital, where he later died.
The name of the deceased was not immediately released.
The driver involved stayed at the scene and cooperated with the officers.
The cause of the wreck remains under investigation.
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