August 12, 2019
The Richmond Police
Department’s Special Operations Division-Traffic Crash Team is investigating a
crash that occurred last Monday night at the Turning Basin in the city’s
Shockoe Slip.
At
approximately 8:45 p.m. on August 5,
a male pedestrian crossing S. 14th Street, from the east side of the
street to the west side in the crosswalk, was struck by a vehicle heading south
on S. 14th Street. The driver of the striking vehicle remained at
the scene.
The pedestrian was
taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries sustained in the
crash.
The Richmond Police Department is trying to
identify any witnesses to this crash. Anyone with information is asked to
call RPD Crash Team Investigator Monica Fecht at (804) 646-6190 or
contact Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000 or at www.7801000.com. Both Crime Stoppers
methods are anonymous.
