Man, 82, hit and killed along US 13 north of Laurel - The News Journal
A 82-year-old Laurel man was hit and killed while trying to cross Sussex Highway (U. S. 13) Tuesday afternoon, state police said. Shortly before 5 p. m. Tuesday, Robert C. Moore III, 19, of Delmar, was driving a 2000 GMC Sierra pickup truck southbound in the right lane on Sussex Highway just north of Boyce Road, Fournier said. At the same time, the 82-year-old man was walking westbound from the center median when he stepped into the southbound lanes and was hit by the front-left side of the truck, Fournier said. The man was thrown to the ground, and Moore stopped the truck, he added. The man was transported to Nanticoke Memorial Hospital ,where he was pronounced dead, Fournier said. Moore was also transported to the hospital, where he was treated and released with non-life-threatening injuries, he said. Source: www.delawareonline.com
