Man skateboarding home on sidewalk killed in hit-and-run accident

HOUSTON – A man is now dead after he was hit by a vehicle on the way home from work around 1:20 a.m. Thursday. 

The 28-year-old man is believed to be a Walmart employee who was skateboarding home from work, police said.

According to the authorities, the young man was on the sidewalk going northbound in the 5600 block of the feeder road of I-45 near Parker Road around 1:30 a.m. when a dark-colored vehicle swerved off the road, and hit him.

The man was killed by the impact, police say. His identity has not been released.

The driver fled the scene northbound on the North Freeway feeder road.

Officials are asking anyone with information to call  HPD Hit and Run Unit at 713-247-4065 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.


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