A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and flown to an area trauma center Wednesday evening, according to Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jason Ricketson.
Emergency dispatchers received a call at 8:33 p.m. regarding a crash involving a pedestrian in the 1300 block of Mockingbird Lane. A 50-year-old Sulphur Springs man was reportedly walking east across Mockingbird Lane near Duckworth Street when a northbound vehicle, said to be a truck, struck him.
The pedestrian was care-flighted from the Sulphur Springs to a Tyler trauma center. The pedestrian struck by the vehicle, identified by police as Danny Keller, was reported to be in the ICU at the Tyler hospital as of the last report police had received.
The driver of the vehicle that struck the man had not been charged with any offenses as of midmorning Thursday. The pedestrian-vehicle crash is still under investigation by police, according to Ricketson. No additional details were available midmorning April 8, 2021.
