VANCOUVER, Wash. — A man died on Sunday night after police say he was hit by a vehicle, then run over by another vehicle.
Vancouver police said the 67-year-old man was hit on Northeast Fourth Plain Boulevard near 135th Avenue around 6:50 p.m. The Clark County Medical Examiner's Office identified him Wednesday as George Nevitt of Vancouver.
Witnesses say he was crossing the road from north to south but was not in a crosswalk. Investigators say the driver of a pickup truck traveling eastbound told them they did not see Nevitt. The driver stopped, causing traffic to back up.
"A car pulled out of the line of traffic, swerved passed the stopped vehicles, and ran over the victim, who was lying in the roadway, before fleeing the scene," police said.
The vehicle that left the scene is described as a dark-colored sedan. Police released a photo of the vehicle Tuesday, describing it as a red/maroon-colored sedan, possibly a Ford Taurus.
The Vancouver Fire Department said witnesses performed CPR on Nevitt before paramedics arrived and pronounced him dead.
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