A pedestrian was struck and killed by a hit and run driver Friday night in downtown Augusta, making at least eight people killed this year while crossing roads in Richmond County.
The male adult was struck by a vehicle at 10th and Greene Street, Coroner Mark Bowen said in a press release. He was taken by paramedics to Wellstar MCG Health, where he was pronounced dead at 10:57 p.m. Friday. The man’s name is being withheld pending notification of family.
A witness video caught the moments when paramedics responded and tried to pump the chest of the victim before being loaded into an ambulance.
The death marks at least the eighth pedestrian killed in Richmond County this year. In October, 59-year-old Lynnette Taylor of Hephzibah was struck by a vehicle as she attempted to cross the 4300 block of Peach Orchard Road.
Other cases:
• Deonte Williams, 27 , of Augusta, was struck by one or two vehicles in a hit and run on I-520 at mile marker 16. The victim was transported by EMS and pronounced dead at the hospital.
• Jan Jacoby, 62, of Augusta, was struck by a vehicle while she was crossing the 2600 block Peach Orchard Road on Aug. 11.
• Dominique A. Abraham, 22, of Augusta, was crossing the 3500 block of Windsor Spring Road on April 26 when she was struck by a southbound vehicle. Abraham was pronounced dead on the scene at 9:30 p.m. that day.
• Tony Maurice Walker, 38, was attempting to cross Deans Bridge Road at Lyman Street just after midnight on April 19 when he was struck by a vehicle. He was pronounced dead on the scene at 12:33 a.m.
• Filadelfo Raul Chiquin-Jalal, 30, of Guatemala, was crossing the westbound lanes of Gordon Highway April 4 when he was struck by a westbound vehicle. He was pronounced dead on the scene at 11:35 p.m.
• Eric L. Jenkins, 53, of Lumpkin Road, was crossing Peach Orchard Road near Morning Drive on Feb. 4 when he was struck by a northbound vehicle. Jenkins was transported to the hospital, where he died at 4:31 p.m.
Note: If you have a photo of Friday’s victim to share (once the name is released), please text it to 803-487-3224.)
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