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Phoenix police said a 64-year-old man was struck by and killed by a car in west Phoenix early Thursday evening.
Abelardo Rivera-Contreras was crossing 83rd Avenue north of Indian School Road outside an unmarked crosswalk about 6:15 p.m. when he was struck by a 2006 Ford Fusion driven by a 27-year-old man, who stayed at the scene until police arrived, said Phoenix police Sgt. Tommy Thompson.
Rivera-Contreras was taken to a Phoenix hospital, where he died, Thompson said.
Thompson said impairment might have been a factor and that the investigation was continuing.
A man died after being caught between a car and a tree, according to Spartanburg County coroner Rusty Clevenger.
Clevenger said James Bryan Green, 32, of Inman, was found next to his 2011 Chevy Corvette on Lake Front Road just after 11 p.m. Thursday.
Clevenger said it appears the car’s manual transmission was in neutral, began to roll and Green tried to stop the car with his body.
He said the vehicle ran into a tree.
Clevenger said Green was able to free himself between the car and tree, and then died.
A man crossing a Phoenix street died after he was struck by a car Thursday morning.
A Phoenix police spokesman said 20-year-old Victor Lee Squire was hit by a yellow Mustang about 8 a.m. as he crossed a street in the area of Rose Lane and 27th Avenue.
The 39-year-old woman driving the 1998 Mustang stopped and cooperated in the investigation, the spokesman said.
Police said Squire was crossing 27th Avenue outside of an unmarked crosswalk, the spokesman said.
Police said impairment was not a factor and the driver was not expected to face charges.
Flags are at half-staff Thursday morning after off-duty Cleveland firefighter Theodore J. Wright, Jr.'s pickup truck crashed into a telephone pole and died.
Cleveland Fire spokesman Lt. Larry Gray says the 32-year veteran was married with children. The crash is being investigated by CPD’s Accident Investigation Unit.
EMS arrived at the scene on E.71st and Claasen Avenue around 3:10 a.m. on Thursday.They said Wright was partially ejected and still trapped inside of the vehicle. He was the only person in the vehicle and no one else was injured.
Three detention officers at a privately run unit in West Texas have died in an SUV rollover wreck after they got off work.