KILLEEN, Texas — The Killeen Police Department has identified the pedestrian hit and killed while trying to cross Rancier Avenue late Thursday evening.
Penn Moffitt Ford, 51, was identified as the victim, KPD reported Friday.
Police responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian incident on Rancier Avenue around 6:40 p.m. Upon their arrival, police found a woman - later identified as Ford - unconscious along the roadway. She was pronounced dead by a justice of the peace at 7:39 p.m.
Witnesses on scene told 6 News the pedestrian was coming out of the Star Mart gas station and attempted to cross East Rancier Avenue when they were hit.
A preliminary investigation by police found that a black Chevrolet Malibu was traveling westbound on Rancier Avenue in the outside late. When Ford tried to cross Rancier from the southside to the northside, she didn't yield to the car and was hit, according to police.
The impact left the victim in a grassy area north of the roadway. She was later pronounced dead.
KPD reminds drivers and pedestrians to "be vigilant when out on roadways of Killeen."
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