ELIZABETHTON MAN STRUCK AND KILLED

ELIZABETHTON POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN INCIDENT IN WHICH A VEHICLE STRUCK AND KILLED A MALE PEDESTRIAN LATE LAST NIGHT. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED JUST AFTER 11 P.M. IN THE 400 BLOCK OF BROAD STREET. THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE VICTIM APPARENTLY WALKED OUT INTO TRAFFIC, AND WAS STRUCK BY A WESTBOUND VEHICLE. THE VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING.