FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — According to the Fayetteville Police Department (FPD), officers temporarily closed down the intersection near I-49 and MLK Jr. Boulevard after a crash between a car and a pedestrian killed one and injured another on Nov. 20.
FPD says that just after 6 p.m., a car was driving west down MLK Jr. Boulevard when the driver struck two pedestrians running across the street. A crash report from the Arkansas Department of Public Safety, states 66-year-old Gregory Joseph Dana of Fayetteville walked into traffic as he tried to cross the boulevard "where there were no crosswalks or intersection." A 26-year-old woman then ran after Dana trying to stop him, but they were both struck, the report says.
Dana was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital and the woman is injured, according to police. The extent of the woman's injuries is not specified.
Two days before, on Saturday, Nov. 18, a cyclist was reportedly killed just down the road when he was hit by a car while traveling over a crosswalk.
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