A 59-year-old Federal Way man was killed after a vehicle struck him as he walked across Pacific Highway South near South 272nd Street in Kent.
The collision occurred at about 8:15 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, according to a Nov. 14 Kent Police statement. Officers and Puget Sound Fire crews began life-saving efforts, but the man died at the scene.
Witnesses, interviewed at the scene, told police that the man was hit by a vehicle that was entering the eastbound turn lanes to South 272 Street from southbound Pacific Highway South. A video of the incident reportedly shows that the man was walking eastbound to cross Pacific Highway South and was outside of as well as north of the South 272nd Street crosswalk when he was struck.
The vehicle driver was contacted a short distance away from the scene and cooperated with police. At this point in the investigation, it does not appear that alcohol or drugs were a contributing factor in the collision, according to police.
Kent Police are continuing to investigate the collision.
The King County Medical Examiner’s Office has not yet released the man’s name.
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