A RETIRED JOHNSON CITY POLICE OFFICER HAS DIED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A VEHICLE WHILE WALKING ALONG AN AREA HIGHWAY. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, 57 YEAR OLD ORA WILSON OF ELIZABETHTON WAS FOUND LYING IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANE OF HIGHWAY 321 NEAR THE OLD COSBY HIGHWAY INTERSECTION. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE WILSON MAY HAVE GOTTEN OUT AND WALKED TO FIND HELP AFTER THE VEHICLE HE WAS A PASSENGER IN, RAN OFF THE ROADWAY AND BECAME STUCK. AUTHORITIES FOUND PIECES OF A VEHICLE THAT’S BELIEVED TO HAVE STRUCK WILSON. THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING.