SAVANNAH, Ga (WSAV) — The Savannah Police Department is investigating a pedestrian-involved that led to the death of a 36-year-old man on Monday.
According to police, the Traffic Investigations Unit (TIU) responded to an accident that involved both a vehicle and pedestrian with serious injuries at the intersection of Abercorn and White Bluff on October 3 around 11:00 a.m.
Officers discovered Johnathan Beck suffering from serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle. He was transported to a hospital, where he died as a result of his injuries.
According to a preliminary investigation, Beck ran into traffic on White Bluff. The driver of a Ford Explorer was in the process of turning right onto Abercorn Street from northbound White Bluff was unable to see Beck in the road. Police say that he was not in the crosswalk at the time of the incident.
Police are saying that two lanes of northbound Abercorn and two lanes of northbound White Bluff are currently closed.
SPD asks that drivers seek an alternate route.
This is an ongoing investigation.